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Resident visa applicants frustrated after Immigration New Zealand after website crash

Immigration New Zealand’s website crashed as migrants flocked to apply for the 2021 Resident Visa, which became available on Tuesday. A statement on the Immigration New Zealand website said the crash …
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Ukrainians in Auckland campaign for visa waivers, kick-start refugee initiatives

Ukrainian Kiwis are desperately trying to get their family members out of the war-torn nation: “Our biggest concern is their safety.” …
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Nearly 70,000 Applications Received Since The 2021 Resident Visa Category Opened

Resident Visa applications continue to roll in with 68,912 applications, involving around 132,000 people, received since applications first opened on 1 December 2021. Around 45,000 of those …
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Fast-track visa applicants offered money to fake marriage for sponsorship – immigration adviser

Migrants who will soon become residents under a government fast-tracked visa process are being offered more than $30,000 to enter bogus marriages, according to an immigration adviser.
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Ukrainians in New Zealand to be given a year’s visa extension

Ukrainians in New Zealand with visas due to expire by the end of this year will be given a year’s extension, the immigration minister announced on Tuesday. In a statement, Kris Faafoi said the …
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Resident visa applicants frustrated after Immigration New Zealand after website crash

Immigration New Zealand’s website crashed as migrants flocked to apply for the 2021 Resident Visa, which became available on Tuesday. A statement on the Immigration New Zealand website said the crash …
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After seven years in New Zealand, family stuck in visa limbo over daughter’s disability

Immigration New Zealand is “playing with eugenics when you decide that some human beings have more value than others”, says a disability advocate who had her own visa “nightmare”.
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Fast-track visa applicants offered money to fake marriage for sponsorship – immigration adviser

Migrants who will soon become residents under a government fast-tracked visa process are being offered more than $30,000 to enter bogus marriages, according to an immigration adviser.
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Ukrainians in New Zealand to be given a year’s visa extension

Ukrainians in New Zealand with visas due to expire by the end of this year will be given a year’s extension, the immigration minister announced on Tuesday. In a statement, Kris Faafoi said the …
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Immigration NZ apologises, will prioritise Ukrainian woman’s visa

A Dunedin woman has mixed feelings after hearing her daughter-in-law is making her way across war-torn Ukraine after Immigration New Zealand stepped in to help after an initial blunder. Dianne Souness …