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Legal status of foreign sex workers in New Zealand

by Dew James - Staff Solicitor | Jan 20, 2016 | Immigration Industry, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas | 1 comment

The NZ Herald recently featured an article detailing the increase in foreign sex workers in New Zealand. New Zealand is noted as having some of the most progressive prostitution law regulations in the world. However, this progressivism does not extend to foreign...

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....

INZ have refused Chris Brown a visa

by James Turner, Senior Solicitor | Sep 18, 2015 | Immigration Industry, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas | 0 comments

An interesting article relating to American R&B Singer Chris Brown has appeared in the New Zealand Herald. Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has indicated that he will not be able to enter New Zealand in order to perform in an planned show. Now I must admit that I’m...

The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Everything you need to know

by Erica, Office Administrator | Sep 11, 2015 | Immigration Industry, Immigration Visas | 0 comments

It seems that everyone has an opinion about the Syrian refugee crisis. From the top dogs in politics to celebrities to the man in the street. A lot has been written and reported on since Aylan Kurdi’s body washed ashore in Turkey. The little boy’s death...

Is INZ turning people away at the borders?

by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Jul 31, 2015 | Immigration Industry, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas | 0 comments

If there is a trend for Immigration New Zealand to refuse foreign nationals the ability to board planes based on a concern about their intentions, this is not surprising.  We were alerted to this risk in a case from 2014 where Immigration New Zealand told someone over...

Comment on the New Immigration Changes

by bmilnes2015 | Jul 30, 2015 | Immigration Industry, Immigration Visas | 0 comments

We posted on Facebook yesterday about the changes to Immigration. It’s an interesting article from the Herald and it’s going to be a talking point for some time. So I’ve put together my thoughts on the matter and jotted them down below. It’s a...
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