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May 07 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 07 2022

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Immigrants with HIV apply for refugee status over fears Government will kick them out of NZ

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Some immigrants with HIV are applying for refugee status because they’re worried the government will kick them out. Immigration rules mean people with HIV applying for visas will be assessed...

May 07 2022

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Migrants with HIV face uncertain future: ‘I was infected here in NZ’

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He would get a sexual health check-up every three months and, at the time, New Zealand’s borders had also been closed since March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Immigration rules...

May 06 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 06 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 06 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 06 2022

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Fewer Immigration staff employed to process visas as NZ reopens to the world, National says

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Minister of Immigration Kris Faafoi was answering questions in Parliament about why travellers who needed visas to visit New Zealand – those from more than 50 countries, including India and...

May 06 2022

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Migrants with HIV face uncertain future: ‘I was infected here in NZ’

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Some immigrants are applying for refugee status because they’ve tested positive for HIV in New Zealand and are worried the government will kick them out.

May 05 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 05 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...