by bmilnes2015 | Nov 9, 2016 | Immigration Industry, Immigration Visas |
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... by bmilnes2015 | Oct 12, 2016 | Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas |
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... by bmilnes2015 | Sep 22, 2016 | Immigration Industry |
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,... by James Turner, Senior Solicitor | Sep 14, 2016 | Immigration Industry, Immigration Visas |
One of the more obscure Visa categories is the Transit Visa. This is a Visa required by people who are “transit passengers” and are intending to travel to and be in New Zealand only as a “transit passenger”. A “transit passenger” is defined in immigration instructions... by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Sep 7, 2016 | Immigration Visas |
On Monday evening the Minister of Immigration spoke at a dinner hosted by the Immigration & Refugee Committee of the Auckland District Law Society (Inc.). Here are a couple of things that he talked about. It is also interesting to compare what follows with my...