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The Migrant Threat – Here We Go Again
The politicians have waded in to complain (again) about how many foreigners are coming to live in New Zealand. There's Andrew Little, claiming that if Labour was in Government they would "turn down the tap" of inflow of migrants until economic conditions improve. ...
Declined Visa for Au Pair – When Visas aren’t Easy
There was an immigration article in the NZ Herald on Monday which identified the risk of assuming the visa process is simple In the first report, ‘Immigration New Zealand has apologised to the French au pair put in a Queenstown police cell for the night and then...
Bill Milnes Explores Wellington
Question - Why go to Wellington for a Tattoo? Answer – As George Mallory said about Mt Everest, “Because it’s there”. But I’m referring to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo which was in Wellington for 4 days in February – but more of that later. We decided to travel...
Success Story: Avoiding Deportation Liability
We recently managed to secure the cancellation of a client’s (“X”) deportation liability. The decision to cancel the deportation liability was made right at the top of the Immigration New Zealand ladder, by the Minister of Immigration himself. The background was...
Does Not Compute – Dimitri Leemans and Medical Waivers
On Tuesday I commented on the ZB Newstalk Larry Williams show about the decline of Dimitri Leemans' application for Residence. This happened because Prof.. Leemans' stepson Peter is autistic. Immigration concluded that Peter needed "continuous, structured...
Bad border bungles disrupt best-laid plans
I have to admit to a guilty pleasure – I love watching airport drama shows like “Border Control NZ”. Perhaps it's my intellectual interest in seeing the work we do playing out live on the television (or maybe they are just great TV shows; I leave that to you to...