Relief for temporary migrants, Govt extends work visas
Government is extending all existing employer-assisted temporary work visas for people in New Zealand, and whose visas are …
Category: Immigration
Community detention for North Shore unlicensed immigration adviser
North Shore Immigration Services (NSIS) director, Peter Woodberg has been sentenced to six months community detention for providing …
Deportation for two farm workers for visa breach
Horticulture contractors found exploiting workers Two migrants working in the horticulture industry have been taken into custody for …
PM displeased with Jone’s ‘wrong’ remarks about Indians
Shane Jones is said to be standing by his comments Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has publicly expressed her …
“Everyone comes here from New Delhi,” says Shane Jones
Jones blames Indian students for ‘ruining’ many institutions The NZ First MP, Shane Jones whose comments last year …
Lees-Galloway denies slow down, emphasis is to clear priority visa
Minister of Immigration Iain Lees-Galloway says the aim for residence policy is to be more focused on skilled …
INZ changes process of prioritising resident visa applications
Changes “to ensure non-priority applications continue to be assessed” Immigration NZ is making changes to the prioritised allocation …
New wage thresholds for skilled migrants & work visa
Income changes effective from 24 Feb 2020 Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has updated the wage or salary thresholds …
Holiday park & owner to pay $680k for gross exploitation of migrant workers
‘Golden Springs’ to pay record penalties A North Island holiday business and its owner have been banned as …
Govt fixes culturally arranged marriage visa issue
Govt succumbs to pressure The Government has fixed an issue affecting how Immigration New Zealand has processed visa …
Convenience store, director held liable for labour law breaches
ERA imposes $27,000 in penalties The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has ordered Satyam Limited, which was operating a …
New online learning tool to reduce migrant workers’ exploitation
The Government is providing a new online multilingual learning programme to protect migrant workers and school students from …
Restauranteurs penalised $120K after failure to repay workers
‘Employers can’t avoid legal obligations by selling business’ The Employment Relations Authority has ordered the Noori family and …
Call to stop employer-led work visa, mixed reactions to new policy
Migrant group warns worker exploitation will continue By Gurbir Singh: The changes to temporary work visa scheme announced …
Changes to employer-led temporary work visas
New changes allow low-paid workers to bring families, National expresses concern By Gurbir Singh: Govt is making changes …