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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...
South Africans – Get Back in Line
The NZ Government has just announced that South Africa is about to lose its visa-waiver status. From 21 November 2016, all South Africans must apply for a visa before visiting New Zealand. The privilege of being able to just walk on to a 'plane from Joburg to...
Health Care Presentation 2016
In July, I wrote about the Case of the Health Care Assistant. After an unnecessarily complex and expensive process by INZ which was eventually sorted out after a formal complaint, I’m delighted to confirm that our client has been granted her work visa. Unfortunately,...