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New Zealand Offers One-Off Resident Visa to 165,000 Migrants

New Zealand will offer a one-off resident visa to as many as 165,000 migrants after delays in processing residency applications during the Covid-19 pandemic threatened an exodus of skilled foreign …
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Migrant wife facing deportation after failing to disclose traffic offence in visa application

But for Kajal Chauhan, 28, wife of a New Zealand resident Shiv Kapoor, her battle is against deportation after Immigration New Zealand declined her visa for failing to disclose a traffic offence she …
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Paper-based visa applications stalled by Immigration New Zealand

Nearly 13,000 key residence visa applications are among the mountains of paper-only files at New Zealand for which processing is at a virtual stand-still in the current upper alert levels in Auckland.
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One-off visas offer ‘pleasant surprise’ in Canterbury

The introduction of a one-off resident visa in response to migrant concerns has been positively received in Canterbury, albeit unexpectedly. Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi unveiled a one-off 2021 …
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Reform of Immigration NZ admin should be priority – Seymour

Act leader David Seymour says the government should dump its immigration reset, after it announced a record number of residence visas.
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Reform of Immigration NZ admin should be priority – Seymour

Act leader David Seymour says the government should dump its immigration reset, after it announced a record number of residence visas.
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New Zealand Offers One-Off Resident Visa to 165,000 Migrants

New Zealand will offer a one-off resident visa to as many as 165,000 migrants after delays in processing residency applications during the Covid-19 pandemic threatened an exodus of skilled foreign …
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One-off visas offer ‘pleasant surprise’ in Canterbury

The introduction of a one-off resident visa in response to migrant concerns has been positively received in Canterbury, albeit unexpectedly. Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi unveiled a one-off 2021 …
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Paper-based visa applications stalled by Immigration New Zealand

Nearly 13,000 key residence visa applications are among the mountains of paper-only files at New Zealand for which processing is at a virtual stand-still in the current upper alert levels in Auckland.
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Can our ‘trashed’ immigration reputation still be repaired?

The Government’s “better late than never” change of heart to offer more pathways to residency is the first step to making Aotearoa attractive to migrants, critics say.