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It’s here – the new Business Visa Policy

by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Mar 4, 2014 | Business, Immigration Visas | 1 comment

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...

PRE-RELEASE – New Business Visa Policy

by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Dec 13, 2013 | Immigration Industry, Immigration Visas | 0 comments

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,...

LTBV Residence – How Long is Long Enough?

by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Nov 17, 2011 | Business, Immigration Appeals, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas | 1 comment

Not many Court decisions have been made about Entrepreneur visas.  The recent High Court decision of Tong v Chief Executive, Department of Labour.is therefore of some interest. Under his Long Term Bsuiness Visa (LTBV) Mr Tong set up a company with him and his wife as...

Visa Medicals and the Martyn Payne story

by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Apr 26, 2011 | Immigration Visas | 2 comments

Just saw the news report on Martyn Payne from the UK who was deported on Easter Saturday because of his heart condition. He set up a garage in a small Northland town under a Long Term Business Visa (LTBV) 6 years ago.  The business served the community well.  But when...

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