Month: December 2020

Dec 31 2020

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Migrant ordered to leave New Zealand after sex texts raise visa, relationship questions

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A man has been ordered to leave New Zealand after admitting to immigration officials that he sent sexually-explicit texts to escorts, despite claiming to be in a loving, long-term relationship....

Dec 31 2020

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Immigration NZ visa processing finances $135m over budget

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The hole in Immigration New Zealand books has blown out to almost $135 million and it has now been more than a decade since the agency raised more in visa...

Dec 31 2020

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The ongoing nightmare of Immigration New Zealand decision-making

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Family violence survivor’s long battle to remain with her children in New Zealand * South African family in immigration limbo for more than a year Don’t expect INZ to decide...

Dec 31 2020

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New Zealand’s border restrictions leave thousands of students stranded

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Until December, migrants on temporary visas who lost their jobs were not eligible for … have applied for permanent residency are facing interminable delays from Immigration New Zealand (INZ). The...

Dec 31 2020

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They finished prison terms in New Zealand, but they’re still in jail waiting to be deported

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Fourteen foreign citizens are being held in the country’s prisons beyond the end of their sentences because there are no international flights for deporting them, according to government data. Some...

Dec 30 2020

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Immigration NZ visa processing finances $135m over budget

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The hole in Immigration New Zealand books has blown out to almost $135 million and it has now been more than a decade since the agency raised more in visa...

Dec 30 2020

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Election 2020: Will there be an immigration reset or a new normal?

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those on temporary visas. And then at the same time we’ve had a lot of New Zealanders come back to New Zealand so there will be a big shift here...

Dec 30 2020

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The ongoing nightmare of Immigration New Zealand decision-making

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Family violence survivor’s long battle to remain with her children in New Zealand * South African family in immigration limbo for more than a year Don’t expect INZ to decide...

Dec 30 2020

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They finished prison terms in New Zealand, but they’re still in jail waiting to be deported

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Fourteen foreign citizens are being held in the country’s prisons beyond the end of their sentences because there are no international flights for deporting them, according to government data. Some...

Dec 30 2020

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New Zealand’s border restrictions leave thousands of students stranded

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Until December, migrants on temporary visas who lost their jobs were not eligible for … have applied for permanent residency are facing interminable delays from Immigration New Zealand (INZ). The...