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Covid-19: Migrant can’t start new job or provide for family after Immigration NZ delays

Preetham Gayam, a chef, switched jobs but can’t start until his employer-linked visa is approved. He and his family are living on food parcels as they wait.
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Afghan interpreters beg Jacinda Ardern to grant New Zealand visas to ‘at risk’ families

A group of about 20 former interpreters who worked for New Zealand have been gathering outside parliament in a bid to talk to the PM …
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ICU nurses are in demand globally. They can’t get into New Zealand to take up job offers

Efforts to boost ICU capacity are struggling because internationally sought-after nurses can’t get into the country, even after accepting job offers and despite the threat to New Zealand from Covid-19 …
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Immigration froze residency applications processing in Auckland’s lockdown

Immigration froze residency applications processing in Auckland’s lockdown . Tens of thousands of permanent resident applications have been on ice during lockdown. Des …
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‘Bordering on eugenics’ – Greens want to see immigration policy scrapped

Currently people applying to live and work or visit New Zealand have to be of an “acceptable standard of health”.
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Covid-19: Migrant can’t start new job or provide for family after Immigration NZ delays

Preetham Gayam, a chef, switched jobs but can’t start until his employer-linked visa is approved. He and his family are living on food parcels as they wait.
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Afghan interpreters beg Jacinda Ardern to grant New Zealand visas to ‘at risk’ families

A group of about 20 former interpreters who worked for New Zealand have been gathering outside parliament in a bid to talk to the PM …
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‘She will die’: Afghans take New Zealand government to court over alleged visa inaction

But the case has not yet been processed by Immigration New … are part of a case taking the New Zealand government to court for alleged inaction on processing visas from Afghanistan, saying …
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New Zealand Saw the Supermarket Attack Coming – But Couldn’t Stop It

New Zealand’s authorities had long thought the attacker was an extremist who posed a threat. But they had no legal recourse to stop him.
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Extremist stayed in New Zealand despite immigration fraud

The attacker, Ahamed Samsudeen, 32, arrived in New Zealand 10 years ago on a student visa. A Tamil Muslim … with the defeat of a Tamil rebel group. Immigration New Zealand declined his …