by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Apr 19, 2017 | Immigration Industry, Immigration Visas, Politics |
Within the space of 24 hours, the Governments of both Australia and New Zealand have announced changes to their immigration policies. They claim to be addressing the needs of their respective labour markets, but there’s probably a bit of political self-interest in... 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 | Apr 6, 2016 | Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas |
The headline read: $15m scam revealed: US pair try to hoodwink Immigration NZ. And it appears try they did, but as with many attempts to cheat the immigration, or any other, system it failed. The criteria for Investor applications are freely available from Immigration... by bmilnes2015 | Mar 16, 2016 | Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas |
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...