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New Zealand – Utopia For Skilled Migrants
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2017/02/27/tempted-to-move-out-of-the-united-states-new-zealand-wants-to-help-you-escape/#30d2de1d4fd3 The writer came across an interesting article published by Forbes magazine, recently posted on social media. The...
Why Should Americans Move to New Zealand?
Maybe the shock of the recent Presidential election has worn off enough now for people to give serious thought to cutting their ties with the US. Some US nationals living in New Zealand said that they were thinking about taking up New Zealand Citizenship in...
Job titles for Immigration Applications – What’s in a Name?
Shakespeare said, ‘A Rose by any other name, would smell as sweet.’ (There is even an IELTS question on it!) And employers have been known to ‘promote’ a person to a ‘new’ position, to avoid increasing pay. In immigration, the job title is like the rose. It doesn’t...
The Real Cost of Unlicensed Immigration Advice
I have just lately seen a disturbing pattern. I have had enquiries from visa applicants, questions from colleagues in the industry, even a comment on one of our blog posts (scroll to the bottom). It's a nasty game being played by Immigration New Zealand, and I think...
Immigration issues for the super-rich – private jet owners
An interesting article recently appeared on news website Stuff, describing the situation of luxury private jet-owners wanting to travel with their crew and passengers in and out of New Zealand. The article describes that the private jet market to New Zealand has been...
Human Trafficking and The Iceberg
The media has in the last week made much of the first human trafficking convictions in NZ. The article quotes well known immigration lawyer Richard Small as stating that the case is just ‘the tip of the iceberg’. In another article, the headline reads The dark...