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Stuck between a rock and a hard place

by Marinda du Toit - Practice Manager | May 24, 2017 | Citizenship, Immigration Industry, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas, Politics | 0 comments

A recent article in the New Zealand Herald made me realise once more how fragile our lives can become. The story of the English woman who can’t work in Australia but can’t leave to go back to the UK will be all too common in some ways and won’t be...

Kiwis in Aussie vs Aussies in Aotearoa – What’s the Difference?

by Dew James - Staff Solicitor | Dec 11, 2015 | Citizenship, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas | 1 comment

There has been no bigger news in Trans-Tasman relations recently than the deportation of New Zealand citizens out of Australia. From the news reports, it appears that many of these Kiwis being deported have not spent any meaningful length of time in New Zealand, some...

How the Australian Deportation Regime effects New Zealand

by bmilnes2015 | Dec 2, 2015 | Citizenship, Immigration Industry, Immigration Problems, Politics | 1 comment

Much has been made by the NZ media and politicians of the Australian decision to inter and deport people imprisoned for at least 12 months for serious crimes.  Unfortunately, our NZ political parties are, as usual, unable to work together to actually achieve anything....

Child with Williams Syndrome could be denied NZ residence

by bmilnes2015 | Jun 8, 2015 | Citizenship, Immigration Appeals, Immigration Visas | 0 comments

After this NZ Herald article this morning, we decided to make a comment regarding INZ’s decision. Mr. & Mrs. Mahon are NZ citizen and resident respectively and they have two children, Liam [3] and Nolan [1].  Both children were born overseas and are applying...

What you need to know about NZ Investor Visas and Citizenship

by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Nov 24, 2011 | Business, Citizenship, Immigration Visas | 3 comments

Today a client asked some questions which showed that even if you invest millions of dollars to get New Zealand Residence as an Investor, this does not mean it will be easy to get Citizenship later on.  The problem has to do with time spent living in the country. The...
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