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Planning a trip to New Zealand?
Planning a vacation can be a joyful task. Reading travel blogs, searching for attractions, activities to plan your day to day itineraries, checking Airbnb and flight deals may be a starting point. What most How to Plan a Vacation Guides appear to miss is checking...
It’s a trap!
So, you've managed to successfully secure a job offer from a New Zealand employer and you've lodged your work visa application. But your application is taking a long time to process and you're feeling bored at home with nothing to do with your time. Being the...
Post-Study Work Visas – Change is A-Coming
Every week or so, someone comes to us about their application for Work Visa based on a job which is meant to be related to their NZ qualification. They have spent several years, and tens of thousands of dollars, to get to this point. Immigration says their...
Recent reports indicate migrating to New Zealand may have become more difficult, but has it for those who are needed most?
An article titled, “Tough rules see migrants give up and go home”, was recently published in the New Zealand Herald. It says that annual migration is down 4800, from a high point a year ago. In the year to April 2018, more than 30,000 non-New Zealand citizens who had...
The Art of Submitting A Successful Visa Application
Most of us have an appreciation for one or the other type of art. We may not all have the same taste or preference or even opinion on what we consider to be art. Whenever I see Roger Federer play tennis I am always reminded of how he has transformed the game of tennis...
ANZSCO and Skill Levels of Jobs
When surfing the net on NZ skilled job based visas, such as Essential Skills Work Visa or Skilled Migrant Residence Visa, you may have heard or read about the term "ANZSCO" and/or the phrase "Skill Level". Let me tell you more about them in this blog. ANZSCO and Skill...