Month: February 2022

Feb 02 2022

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‘Insane’: Hundreds queue overnight for residency visa medicals

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People are sleeping on the streets in overnight queues to get their health checks done for the one-off residency visa opening for applications next month.

Feb 02 2022

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New Zealand Finally Offers Pregnant Reporter in Afghanistan Voucher to Return Home

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After previously being offered refuge from the Taliban, pregnant reporter Bellis has now been allowed to return home to New Zealand.

Feb 02 2022

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Border exception scheme for 300 teachers has let just eight educators into New Zealand

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Just eight teachers have arrived in New Zealand under a border exception class that was meant to get 300 teachers into the country – seven months after it was announced....

Feb 02 2022

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COVID-19: Nurses leaving New Zealand amid Omicron outbreak to try get spousal visas

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Part of the problem is they haven’t lived with their partners long enough to prove to Immigration they’re in a relationship.

Feb 02 2022

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Thousands become New Zealand residents under new fast-track skilled migrant residency scheme

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Migrants are eligible if they are settled (three years-plus in New Zealand including a minimum number of days), a skilled worker (based on wages) or scarce (in short supply). Immigration...

Feb 01 2022

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COVID-19: Nurses leaving New Zealand amid Omicron outbreak to try get spousal visas

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Part of the problem is they haven’t lived with their partners long enough to prove to Immigration they’re in a relationship.

Feb 01 2022

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Immigration Failure Forcing Nurses To Leave NZ

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Yet another immigration train-wreck is seeing nurses forced to leave the country for lengthy periods of time to attempt to secure a visa for their loved ones, at a time...

Feb 01 2022

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More South Africans becoming New Zealand residents under new scheme

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About 5,000 people have become residents in New Zealand under a fast-track government scheme launched in December 2021, with migrants from India, South Africa, and the Philippines topping the …

Feb 01 2022

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New Zealand visa processing creating uncertainty

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“The purpose of the visa renewal is for Immigration New Zealand to ascertain that students continue to meet their visa requirements,” Moore explained. These requirements include health, evidence of …

Feb 01 2022

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Thousands become New Zealand residents under new scheme

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About 5000 people have become residents under a fast-track government scheme launched last month, with migrants from India, South Africa, and Philippines topping the approvals.