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Immigration New Zealand confirms partners among visitor visas cancelled

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has confirmed that people who applied for visitor visas to be reunited with their partners have had their applications cancelled. The Government decided to cancel and …
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Immigration New Zealand confirms partners among those whose visas have been cancelled

Immigration New Zealand has confirmed that people who applied for visitor visas to be reunited with their partners have had their applications cancelled.
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Residence visa application refunds may be next – Immigration New Zealand

An immigration lawyer says the refund process for 50,000 binned visa applications announced on Wednesday is a “disaster” waiting to happen. The government will cancel and refund visitor, student and …
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Immigration New Zealand U-turn on visa decision, disabled Russian graduate wants apology for discrimination

Immigration New Zealand has made a U-turn on a decision to deny a Russian international student with disability a post-graduate work visa. Although happy, 26-year-old Evgenii Liapin is now demanding …
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A former Finance Minister thinks life in New Zealand’s about to get much more expensive

Yesterday, Immigration New Zealand let 50-thousand longstanding visa applications lapse – and refunded the workers and students applying. Joyce claims the Government’s running a social experiment to …
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Thousands of visa applications canned as Immigration NZ faces regulatory roadblock

Thousands of visa applications that have been in limbo for the last 12 months have been canned as Immigration New Zealand is unable to process them due to legal reasons. The agency’s border and visa …
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‘Cataclysmic mess’: Immigration lawyer on cancelled visa applications

A warning that employers will feel the pain of thousands of visa applications being cancelled. Immigration New Zealand says it’s legally unable to process …
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New migrant exploitation visa ignores root causes

An immigration tool to support exploited workers may only temporarily protect workers from bad bosses, advocates say.
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Immigration New Zealand U-turn on visa decision, disabled Russian graduate wants apology for discrimination

Evgenii Liapin, 26, has finally been granted a post-study work visa allowing him to work and remain in New Zealand with his wife Elizabeth Larina. Photo / Supplied Immigration New Zealand has made a U …
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Students want Immigration NZ apology for visa decisions

It’s very stressful and it’s been hard to find a job or plan for the future,’ says one student. ‘Every day the rules change.’ …