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Is the bar too high on Skilled Employment for Residence?
A recent article raises the point that expecting almost everyone applying for Skilled Migrant Residence to have "Skilled Employment" in order to apply is forcing people into management jobs where they are being exploited (by being underpaid, for instance). The...
Family Migrants are Bad News for the Economy
People who are thinking of sponsoring their brothers and sisters for Residence may have only days or weeks to get the application in before they lose the chance forever. The Labour Party recently discovered and leaked a briefing paper for the new Minister of...
Visas for Overstayers – Another Rough Game
Following on from my recent post about the problems with applying for visas offshore, here's another example of how Immigration is chipping away at what is often called the "right to natural justice" for people in New Zealand without a visa - otherwise known as...
The Hard Road to NZ Residence
Anyone living here could have told you this, but New Zealand is a great place to live. In spite of complaints about Government, about low wages, about the high cost of living in Auckland, it is (by world standards) safe, clean and quiet. This is apparently being...
Kim Dotcom – “good character”?
For my first blog in 2012 I've decided to wade into the argument about why Kim Schmitz/Dotcom got New Zealand Residence, when he is now the subject of proceedings to extradite him to the US to face major internet piracy charges. I can claim some authority to do this,...
Immigration Medical Waivers again
Further to our post earlier this year about Immigration medical waivers, another recent news story has surfaced about a retired Indian couple who face being split up because the wife would cost the New Zealand health system a lot of money. She has osteoarthritis in...