by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Nov 4, 2021 | 2021 Resident Visa, Immigration Appeals, Immigration Industry, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas |
After announcing a sweeping “one time” Resident Visa for people on Work Visas at the end of September 2021, Immigration New Zealand has now published the detailed policy. This contains some interesting features, but not all the answers. Aims of the Policy... by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Sep 20, 2021 | Business, Citizenship, Immigration Appeals, Immigration Industry, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas |
We get this question a lot. In particular, we field requests from New Zealand Residents or Citizens about how to bring their relatives to NZ from the home country. We often have to say that there is nothing to be done. There is simply not a solution for everybody.... 
by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Aug 10, 2021 | Immigration Visas |
There is a nasty little rule in the Immigration Act , which has given a lot of people grief and trouble in the past. It says that you cannot be granted a visa if you have “at any time, been removed, excluded, or deported from another country.” That is a... 
by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Jun 30, 2021 | Immigration Visas |
This is an issue of data privacy and fishing expeditions by officials. The message is “be careful, and know your rights”. Our firm has been doing Partner visa applications for a long time. The couple needs to show that they have a genuine relationship. In... 
by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | May 18, 2021 | Immigration Visas |
Way back in February 2019 we alerted people to Immigration’s plans to overhaul employer-assisted Work Visa policy. The essential features of the scheme were laid out by Sahar Shamia in a more recent blog in February this year. On 7 May 2021 Immigration New...