by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | May 11, 2016 | Immigration Visas |
A recent article in the NZ Herald highlights the situation of parents who are sponsored to come to New Zealand by their NZ Resident children, only to be abandoned when those children move on to another country. The article quotes figures to indicate that people from...
by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Apr 13, 2016 | Business, Immigration Visas, Property |
The Government plans to tax offshore people on the profit they make from selling a New Zealand house if it is sold within 2 years after it was bought. A Parliamentary Bill is now being considered by Select Committee. It is probably aimed at discouraging the kind of...
by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Mar 18, 2016 | Immigration Visas |
The politicians have waded in to complain (again) about how many foreigners are coming to live in New Zealand. There’s Andrew Little, claiming that if Labour was in Government they would “turn down the tap” of inflow of migrants until economic...
by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Feb 19, 2016 | Immigration Visas |
On Tuesday I commented on the ZB Newstalk Larry Williams show about the decline of Dimitri Leemans’ application for Residence. This happened because Prof.. Leemans’ stepson Peter is autistic. Immigration concluded that Peter needed “continuous,...
by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Dec 16, 2015 | Immigration Visas |
The Government recently made some adjustments to the rules for visas which allow people to do business in New Zealand, known as the Entrepreneur Visa. This policy has been notoriously tough. We have previously warned about how hard it can be to get approved. That...
