We recently had the unique opportunity to stand alongside a client dealing with a complicated immigration situation. She first came to New Zealand as a visitor and later returned to continue her studies. However, the world quickly changed with the outbreak of the pandemic, and...
Deportation can be a stressful and emotional experience, especially when families are involved. This was the case for our client, a Turkish citizen who recently appealed his deportation from New Zealand. Our client's background is that he is of Kurdish ethnicity, his parents and siblings...
The Job Check Process is the second stage of the Accredited Employer Work Visa, which requires certain criteria to be met for proposed employment to be considered acceptable. These criteria are summarised below: The employer must be an accredited direct employer for the proposed employment. The...
The Green List: Simplified Applications and Residence Pathways The Green List is a list of highly skilled roles that are in high demand globally and in ongoing shortage in New Zealand. It only contains a small number of roles, and the registration, qualification, or experience requirements...
Mariel is a 38-year-old Filipino who is currently working as a manager at DHL Customer service centre based in Wellington. She has been in this job for the last two years after completing a business diploma at level 6. Mariel has been heartbroken since INZ...
INZ Statistics show nearly 50% drop in the number of the skilled migrants applying for residency in the last six months. Undoubtedly, the selection threshold of 160 points was the catalyst for the dramatic reduction. The former Minister of Immigration believed the new selection threshold...
The director's cut usually refers to an edited version of a movie reproduced to show the movie director’s original intention. The Labour government is currently reproducing its director’s cut off the election version of its immigration policy. Just like Trump's election victory, which sent a shockwave...
Immigration practitioners and the migrant communities in NZ have been keeping a watching brief on the odds over the Immigration portfolio being yielded to the NZ First party. For this would have meant a de facto shutdown of the national Immigration portfolio. Today, the Labor-led coalition...
A rightful instruction by your employer is a mandate, basis on which you may be disciplined if not properly followed. But can you be fired if you express your view on your employer's instruction without actually breaching it? Here's an interesting ERA case that says...
Joffrey Baratheon is an 18-year old citizen of the Crownlands. He came to New Zealand some two years ago with his mother, Cercei who remarried a long-term expat and the first time lover Rhaegar. His best friend was an experienced immigration lawyer practising in Auckland. While...
