Keeping up with the Joneses
We knew this was coming. It was signalled in National's election campaign: Immigration NZ needed to become a user-pay system. Matthew...
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Katy Armstrong
- Apr 7
- 5 min
TIGHTENINGS IN OUR IMMIGRATION POLICIES (of a Sunday!)
Since the new government took over in October, there's been lots of speculation about which way they would go on immigration policy. ...
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Katy Armstrong
- Feb 28
- 3 min
Egg on Face but Sunny Side Up
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...
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Katy Armstrong
- Feb 19
- 6 min
Hold onto your parachute: Accredited Employer Work Visa policy drop expected:
Our new Immigration Minister, Erica Stanford, has spoken yesterday in her first consolidated interview with Jack Tame since becoming the...
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Katy Armstrong
- Dec 1, 2023
- 3 min
Triumph Over Immigration Challenges: Manager's Intervention Resolves Complex Parent Category EOI
Introduction: In a recent and intricate case involving a Parent Category Expression of Interest (EOI), we were determined to...
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Katy Armstrong
- Nov 29, 2023
- 11 min
Navy with a dash of turquoise, pink & yellow - that's our New Immigration Ministerial outlook:
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...
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Katy Armstrong
- Nov 24, 2023
- 2 min
The 5-year AEWV & "Maximum Continuous Stay" is almost here!
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...
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Katy Armstrong
- Jul 24, 2023
- 7 min
MIGRANT EXPLOITATION - IMMIGRATION SCAMS - THE BAD & THE UGLY
Migrant Exploitation is all over the media. This article discusses why, how and what employers can do to avoid being caught up in it.
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Katy Armstrong
- Apr 27, 2023
- 5 min
BREAKING FAST:
The unfurling of the great immigration reset has been a bit like watching someone on a fast binge on potato chips... turns out NEW...
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Katy Armstrong
- Oct 10, 2022
- 5 min
A win for Chefs - we'll take it! But what does it tell us about our immigration policies?
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...
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Katy Armstrong
- Sep 7, 2022
- 1 min
'Never seen a rule like this': Immigration advisor slams NZQA rule for Chefs
An immigration rule means even the highest-quality chefs won't be able to get a working visa unless they have a qualification equivalent...
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Katy Armstrong
- May 17, 2022
- 12 min
The great immigration "roof shout".
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...
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Katy Armstrong
- Mar 23, 2022
- 7 min
Employer Accreditation and the all-new AEWV - coming to a corner near you (with some shock waves)...
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...
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Katy Armstrong
- Mar 18, 2022
- 6 min
How far the pendulum has swung!
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...
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Katy Armstrong
- Mar 6, 2022
- 9 min
Partners - to include or not to include - that is the question!
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...
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Katy Armstrong
- Feb 25, 2022
- 6 min
One last piece of the strategy puzzle (well at least for now!)
I have realised, more than ever in this journey of the Residence Programme in the last year just how much experience counts. Knowing how...
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Katy Armstrong
- Feb 20, 2022
- 4 min
An update on the state of the skilled paper residence queue:
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...
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Katy Armstrong
- Feb 4, 2022
- 3 min
New Zealand reopens - the end of this long tunnel is now in sight - but how long a tunnel for some?
NZ's roadmap to let down the drawbridge
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Katy Armstrong
- Jan 29, 2022
- 5 min
The Tortoise versus the Cheetah: the ongoing race of SMC/RFW versus RV21
I have written on this topic before (Dec 14th) and put forward my hypothesis that paper (priority) applications at least could still have...
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Katy Armstrong
- Dec 22, 2021
- 3 min
Do I stay or do I go? R21 Visa Applicant alert!
Today's breaking news still to be confirmed formally in writing by INZ is set to give the opportunity to R21 Visa Applicants to leave NZ...
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