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Success Story – SMC Appeal for a Marketing Specialist
New Zealand is facing another lockdown. It is another challenging time of the year for everyone, particularly migrants whose future in New Zealand remains uncertain. I believe there is nothing better to share than a success story of our client's successful residence...
Section 61 Requests
My latest video blog explains what constitutes a legal status in New Zealand. I also talk us through the meaning and consequences of an illegal status and the options available to those with an unlawful status.
A Ban is a Ban – Unless it’s Not
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 permanent ban,...
Win a no win situation by thinking outside the box
As immigration practitioners, we are usually faced with difficult cases that seem to be a no-win situation. Such situations reminded me of one of my favourite quotes from the popular TV show "Suits", where Harvey Spector said "Win a no-win situation by rewriting the...
Can Immigration Search Your Phone?
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 the last few...
Here It Comes – the New Work Visa Regime
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 Zealand...