by Dew James - Staff Solicitor | Feb 10, 2016 | Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas |
I have to admit to a guilty pleasure – I love watching airport drama shows like “Border Control NZ”. Perhaps it’s my intellectual interest in seeing the work we do playing out live on the television (or maybe they are just great TV shows; I leave that to you to... by Dew James - Staff Solicitor | Jan 20, 2016 | Immigration Industry, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas |
The NZ Herald recently featured an article detailing the increase in foreign sex workers in New Zealand. New Zealand is noted as having some of the most progressive prostitution law regulations in the world. However, this progressivism does not extend to foreign... by Dew James - Staff Solicitor | Dec 11, 2015 | Citizenship, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas |
There has been no bigger news in Trans-Tasman relations recently than the deportation of New Zealand citizens out of Australia. From the news reports, it appears that many of these Kiwis being deported have not spent any meaningful length of time in New Zealand, some... by bmilnes2015 | Oct 28, 2015 | Immigration Appeals, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas |
This may have been a more challenging decision than many for Immigration NZ, because in our society, it is unusual for an older woman to marry a substantially younger man. For whatever reasons, we seem more willing to accept older men with young partners and the... by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Oct 21, 2015 | Immigration Visas |
Martin Laidlaw, the Scottish builder starring with Team Orange on The Block NZ, has recently been saved from being deported. He briefly became an overstayer when Immigration refused his application for another Work Visa. Fortunately, perhaps owing to public pressure...