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Visas for Overstayers – Another Rough Game

by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Mar 29, 2012 | Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas | 5 comments

Following on from my recent post about the problems with applying for visas offshore, here’s another example of how Immigration is chipping away at what is often called the “right to natural justice” for people in New Zealand without a visa –...

The Hard Road to NZ Residence

by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Feb 16, 2012 | Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas | 2 comments

Anyone living here could have told you this, but New Zealand is a great place to live.  In spite of complaints about Government, about low wages, about the high cost of living in Auckland, it is (by world standards) safe, clean and quiet.  This is apparently being...

Kim Dotcom – “good character”?

by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Feb 2, 2012 | Immigration Industry, Immigration Visas, Property | 0 comments

For my first blog in 2012 I’ve decided to wade into the argument about why Kim Schmitz/Dotcom got New Zealand Residence, when he is now the subject of proceedings to extradite him to the US to face major internet piracy charges.  I can claim some authority to do...

Immigration Medical Waivers again

by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Dec 8, 2011 | Immigration Appeals, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas | 0 comments

Further to our post earlier this year about Immigration medical waivers, another recent news story has surfaced about a retired Indian couple who face being split up because the wife would cost the New Zealand health system a lot of money.  She has osteoarthritis in...

Jobs for Kiwis or Visas for Brits?

by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland | Nov 28, 2011 | Immigration Visas | 0 comments

There’s been a bit of a stir recently because New Zealand has launched a campaign to attract overseas workers to help with the Christchurch rebuild after the earthqake in February.  As part of its pre-Election posturing, the Labour Party complains that those...
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