Immigration NZ has just announced a raft of changes that impact Employer Accreditation, job checks and Accredited Employer work visas. The changes reintroduce the concept of higher and lower-skilled jobs as defined under ANZSCO. 1. Changes to...
Starting from May 2024, secondary school teachers have a new, faster pathway to residence through the Green List Straight to Residence process. The recent announcement by the government adds secondary school teachers to the high-demand Tier 1 Green List...
Starting from February 2024, a revised median wage of NZD $31.61 per hour will be integrated into the immigration system. Various visa categories, such as work and skilled residence visas, use wage thresholds or criteria linked to this median wage. This adjustment in...
We invite you to visit the Greenstone team at this year’s Fieldays, held from the 14th until the 17th of June. We will be at stall PC18, inside the main Pavilion. Our Recruitment and Immigration teams...
INZ have warned us since mid-2022 that changes were coming for partners of work visa holders. We have now received clarity from the government on what those changes will look like and take place from 31 May 2023. The key changes are: Partners of work visa holders...
From 27 February 2023, the Immigration NZ median wage is due to increase to NZD $29.66 an hour for new Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) applications. Occupations covered by sector agreements will also update their minimum hourly rates on this date. Before...
The Immigration Minister has today announced a delay to controversial changes regarding work rights for partners of some temporary work visa holders. Greenstone Immigration had been waiting for these to come into effect in December 2022 but these have now been...
After a very long time in limbo, applicants with parent category Expressions of Interest in the pool can now look ahead to a future in New Zealand. The reopening of the parent category EOI selection pool on 14 November 2022 for EOIs submitted before 12 October 2022 is...
