From 17 March 2025, dependent children of work, student, or military visa holders will not be eligible for student or visitor visas if...

Landing in the right spot! Effective from March 10, 2025, New Zealand has implemented several significant changes to the Accredited...

Today, December 17, 2024, the New Zealand Government unveiled significant reforms to the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV)  aimed at...

Welcome news today as the government moves to expand the number of partners eligible for OPEN working rights.

We knew this was coming. It was signalled in National's election campaign: Immigration NZ needed to become a user-pay system. Matthew...

Since the new government took over in October, there's been lots of speculation about which way they would go on immigration policy. ...

I will be to the point. We all know the Accredited Employer Work Visa has been in trouble. You'd have to be a very non-newsy type not...

Introduction: In a recent and intricate case involving a Parent Category Expression of Interest (EOI), we were determined to...

We've all been absorbing a New Zealand first (pun intended, as NZ First is the only Coalition party not to be in this new tripartite...

So just 3 days out from this big set of changes. What does it all mean for you/your employees on Accredited Employer Work Visas? On this...

Migrant Exploitation is all over the media. This article discusses why, how and what employers can do to avoid being caught up in it.

The unfurling of the great immigration reset has been a bit like watching someone on a fast binge on potato chips... turns out NEW...

This is actually set to be a big week for Immigration as we believe certain decisions have been signed off not just about Chefs. The...

An immigration rule means even the highest-quality chefs won't be able to get a working visa unless they have a qualification equivalent...

An analysis of the 11 May Announcements that rained down on us like arrows from the turrets of the Hermit Kingdom. May 11 was, by any...

I well remember the consultation paper over 3 years ago when I was appointed to prepare our industry body submission. Not one of us had...

What a difference a day or a week can make in the world of immigration. We have gone from a border and a noose around immigration that...

A current dilemma facing many applicants who have lodged or are about to lodge 2021 Resident Visas is whether to add in or try to...

I have realised, more than ever in this journey of the Residence Programme in the last year just how much experience counts. Knowing how...

Those of you who follow me will know that I have held a keen interest in the state of the skilled paper residence queue. Why? Because...