by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Jan 10, 2017 | Business, Immigration Visas |
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... by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Oct 24, 2014 | Immigration Industry, Immigration Visas |
Earlier this year, Canada closed its Migrant Investor category and cancelled a large number of pending applications. Will New Zealand reap the benefit? In February 2014 Canada shut down its Federal Immigrant Investor and Entrepreneur programme. In a draconian move,... by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Mar 4, 2014 | Business, Immigration Visas |
Further to a previous post giving early warning of the sudden shut-down of the Long Term Business Visa policy in December 2013, the new replacement Instructions have now been unveiled. They open on 24 March 2014. It’s a points-based system in which you have to... by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Dec 13, 2013 | Immigration Industry, Immigration Visas |
This has not yet been publicly been released by the Minister of Immigration. The Long Term Business Visa policy is to be replaced by a new “Entrepreneur Work Visa”, as I alerted readers in a recent post.So what’s the big change? For one thing,... by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Oct 25, 2013 | Business, Immigration Visas |
Through my close involvement in the wider immigration industry I have just seen a recent discussion paper about a significant shift in NZ Long Term Business Visa (“LTBV”) policy. I should point out that this is only in the Proposal stage but it does...