09/09/2024
https://youtube.com/shorts/yJfEY0m1hhE?si=ig8w7-SPVa8AV6Z2
Shocking!!! Do Aucklanders sleep by 10 PM?
Check out this fun comparison between New Zealand's early dining in Auckland and late-night eating in cities like Mumbai and Cairo! Did you know Auckland shu...
23/07/2023
'It's too much of a trade-off' - call to scrap Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme
Immigration advocates want a pause in the Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme and hope it will be ultimately scrapped, after hundreds of migrant workers were left jobless soon after arriving.
22/12/2022
Migrant who blew whistle on illegal job premiums now faces deportation | Stuff.co.nz
https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/130843299/migrant-who-blew-whistle-on-illegal-job-premiums-now-faces-deportation
Latest breaking news NZ | Stuff.co.nz | New Zealand
Breaking news and videos of today's latest news stories from around New Zealand, including up to date weather, World, sport, business, Entertainment, Technology Life and Style, Travel and motoring.
14/11/2022
‘They are choosing to go to other places’: Overseas nurses applying for NZ work visas drops by 60 per cent - NZ Herald
Overseas nurses applying for NZ work visas drops by 60 per cent
Government under pressure to fast-track residency to encourage nurses into the country
14/11/2022
News from Australia
Successful applications from south Asia fall off a cliff, as authorities struggle to distinguish genuine students from those with other things on their minds
Australian visa grants to Indian students drop | Times Higher Education (THE)
Australian visa grants to Indian subcontinent students plummet
Successful applications from south Asia fall off a cliff, as authorities struggle to distinguish genuine students from those with other things on their minds
11/11/2022
News from New Zealand
The Health Minister is entirely unaware that desperately needed medical specialists that will save lives are not on the immigration Green List and unable to gain residence immediately, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2211/S00092/health-minister-caught-out-on-immigration-settings.htm
11/11/2022
More than 3000 visa applications went untouched for up to three months after a systems upgrade failure.
Thousands of family visitor visa applications went untouched for months
More than 3000 visa applications went untouched for up to three months after a systems upgrade failure.
30/10/2022
India is the leading country of birth for recent immigrants, according to Canada’s 2021 census
https://www.nriaffairs.com/india-make-majority-new-immigrants-canada/
18/10/2022
The New Zealand traveller declaration for incoming travellers will no longer be required from Thursday.
Covid-19: Lockdowns, vaccine mandates and MIQ scrapped from Govt Covid powers - NZ Herald
Lockdowns, vaccine mandates and MIQ scrapped from Govt Covid powers
Ardern is also supporting the Government establishing general epidemic legislation.
12/10/2022
Immigration New Zealand (INZ) operates on a cost-recovery basis, with two thirds (67 percent) of funding coming from visa application fees and levies and one third from the taxpayer. That is shifting towards three quarters (73 percent) coming from migrants, tourists and students under this year's changes.
Immigration NZ $284m loss written off, visa levies hiked 279%
Another funding review is expected to look at how to overcome a further predicted deficit of $135m by the end of 2024.
12/10/2022
Major announcement cunning from New Zealand
Government immigration announcement sees skilled migrant, parent categories reopen - NZ Herald
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/government-immigration-announcement-sees-skilled-migrant-parent-categories-reopen/5I5G43IEA2R3XLHVW6QJX56BXY/