Month: May 2022

May 09 2022

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Hold-ups at Immigration NZ despite surge in staff and expenditure

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In the past five years, Immigration NZ staffing has increased by a third and spending is up 50 percent – so why are visa processing capacity worries being used by...

May 09 2022

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Immigration: Migrants give up on New Zealand after more delays to parent visas

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“Despite having nothing left in South Africa, my parents are forced to stay there, and eventually will have no one to care for them in old age.” …

May 09 2022

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Former Gloriavale man says being in the community was like living in ‘Alcatraz’

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A man who spent three years at the isolated Christian community alleges he was treated like a prisoner and a slave by the community’s leaders.

May 09 2022

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New Zealand’s Haere Mai – to a select few

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“[The process] allows us to balance the objectives of facilitating travel to New Zealand with managing potential immigration risk,” Hutchison said. “As such, the case for extending visa waiver status...

May 09 2022

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Lower staff numbers at Immigration NZ blamed for visa ‘bottleneck’

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Immigration New Zealand is being blamed for restricting how many migrant workers, students and visitors can come into the country.

May 08 2022

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Immigration: Migrants give up on New Zealand after more delays to parent visas

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“Despite having nothing left in South Africa, my parents are forced to stay there, and eventually will have no one to care for them in old age.” …

May 08 2022

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New Zealand’s Haere Mai – to a select few

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“[The process] allows us to balance the objectives of facilitating travel to New Zealand with managing potential immigration risk,” Hutchison said. “As such, the case for extending visa waiver status...

May 08 2022

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Lower staff numbers at Immigration NZ blamed for visa ‘bottleneck’

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Immigration New Zealand is being blamed for restricting how many migrant workers, students and visitors can come into the country.

May 08 2022

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Immigration adviser botched visa, lied to student

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The international student was left without a valid visa to live and study in New Zealand when he finally discovered Ying Tian’s dishonesty. Tian, also known as Tina Qin, even...

May 08 2022

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‘Paying the price daily’ – parent visas delayed again

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Migrant parents who want to join their adult children as residents in New Zealand have longer to wait before a decision is made on restarting a long-shelved immigration programme.