by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Dec 18, 2019 | Citizenship, Immigration Appeals, Immigration Industry, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas, Refugees |
In recent months, Immigration New Zealand has required asylum seekers to get Medical and Police Certificates, when they apply for visas to work here while their claim is considered. As explained in a TVNZ report this week, these requirements used to be waived... 
by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Nov 19, 2019 | Citizenship, Immigration Appeals, Immigration Industry, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas, Practice of Law |
Following concerted protests from the Indian community in particular, and intervention from the Prime Minister, Immigration agreed to review the rules on Culturally Arranged Marriages (“CAM”) to allow overseas partners to get visas. The new visa... by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Jul 24, 2019 | Immigration Visas |
Last year I highlighted a change to the rules around Interim Visas which gave people more opportunities to contest declined visa applications. Since then, we have had increased demand for us to handle reconsideration of a refused visa. Reconsiderations are available... by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Jun 19, 2019 | Immigration Visas |
We’ve seen a big slow-down across the board in the speed of processing applications for New Zealand Visas. Employers claim that, when it takes several months to be able to hire migrants, this does significant harm to their businesses with lost opportunities and... by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | May 23, 2019 | Business, Immigration Appeals, Immigration Industry, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas, Practice of Law |
Last week, Immigration New Zealand refused a request by the hospitality industry to add Café and Restaurant Managers to its Immediate Shortages List (“ISSL”). This is despite the claim that most employers have real difficulty in finding people to fill these...