Month: January 2022

Jan 09 2022

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Covid 19 Delta outbreak: IT issues stop visa holders from booking MIQ

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As authorities tweak MIQ rules – allowing some desperate New Zealanders in Australia the chance to return home – fresh IT issues have stopped people in some visa categories from...

Jan 09 2022

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IT issues at govt departments lock out visa holders from MIQ

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As authorities tweak MIQ rules allowing some desperate New Zealanders the chance to come home, fresh IT issues are stopping people in some visa categories from accessing the country.

Jan 09 2022

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‘Heartbreaking and cruel’: IT issues lock out visa holders from MIQ

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As authorities tweak MIQ rules – allowing some desperate New Zealanders in Australia the chance to return home – fresh IT issues have stopped people in som …

Jan 09 2022

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No home, no job, no visa: Canadian caught in two-year immigration limbo in New Zealand

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Compton has been stuck in an immigration limbo for two years. All he wants is a visa or a plane ticket home to Canada.

Jan 09 2022

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New Visa, Same Problems

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The Immigration Minister has shockingly admitted to just how underprepared Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is to cope with an influx of 2021 Resident Visa applications says National’s Immigration …

Jan 08 2022

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Immigration New Zealand is way behind visa processing target

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Erica Stanford Wellington, December 29, 2021 The Immigration Minister has shockingly admitted to just how underprepared Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is to cope with an influx of 2021 Resident Visa...

Jan 08 2022

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New Visa, Same Problems

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The Immigration Minister has shockingly admitted to just how underprepared Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is to cope with an influx of 2021 Resident Visa applications says National’s Immigration …

Jan 08 2022

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MIQ apologises, U-turns after families wrongly separated due to IT error were told no fix was coming

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A managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) booking system glitch wrongly keeping hundreds of families separated will now be resolved as a matter of priority – despite the agency initially saying...

Jan 08 2022

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MIQ failures create mayhem and distress for families with visas – Erica Stanford

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The Government has cruelly chosen not to fix known problems in the Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) online booking system that are keeping families from reuniting says National’s Spokesperson …

Jan 08 2022

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‘Turn the planes around’: Māori leader says New Zealand should block Australian deportations

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Chair of National Māori Authority says country should adopt John Howard’s playbook or risk sparking local gangland wars between deported criminals …