The Government has announced changes to the Parent Resident Visa Expression of Interest (EOI) selection process, with a new hybrid selection model taking effect from 5 October 2026. How does this new model work? Under this new model, 90% of the EOIs will be selected in date order from the pool, while 10% will continue […]
2021 Residence Visa Update: March 2022 Changes have been made since our last blog about this visa in November 2021 and processing of our biggest ever one-off visas category is well under way. It would also be the most “tweaked” category we can remember in a long time! On 30 November 2021 it was announced
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After months of delays we seem to have finally rounded the corner on a firm timetable for the reopening of the border. There have been a number of travel bubbles with Australia and the Pacific previously but reopening plans have been set back by the Delta and most recently Omicron Covid variants. On 3 February
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The initial introduction of the 2021 Residence Visa in December 2021 was a technical disaster. Immigration New Zealand who has had past problems with IT upgrades promised that it could handle large numbers of applicants. In fact INZ’s website crashed within hours of applications for the new visa opening up on Wednesday 1 December leading to confusion
On 24th November 2021, the Government announced that New Zealand will reopen the border to the wider world from Sunday 1st May 2022. This has been a long-awaited announcement which comes as welcomed news to many currently stranded overseas but comes too late for those wanting to be home for Christmas, or still need to go through the highly-criticized
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2021 Resident Visa: more details are revealed Our recent blog introduced the new one-off 2021 Resident Visa – a pathway to residence for people already living and working in New Zealand. The full instructions have now been released about this category. Pacific Legal is able to provide more details and to help guide you through the process.
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What you need to know for now What On 30th September 2021, the Government announced a new one-off residence pathway for some temporary work visa holders who were in New Zealand on 29th September 2021. This announcement comes as welcomed news given the selection of Skilled Migrant Category Expression of Interest has been suspended for over
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Mandatory employer accreditation deferred until mid-2022 After stressing about the importance of higher paid in higher skilled roles as part of its immigration “reset” the government appears to have a temporary change of heart. We were preparing for mandatory employer accreditation and this is still on the cards but it has been delayed until an unspecified
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Some offshore residence applications are likely to follow A quick recap Offshore temporary visa processing was largely halted after our border closed and March 2020 and formally suspended from 10 August 2020. This has left around 50,000 unprocessed applications. Residence applications were still able to be processed but were low priority. This has led to
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Most employers are very supportive of their migrant workers. We are on the record strongly supporting the need for employers to have access to migrant works to fill skills gaps. This can be done safely. Businesses and migrant workers are both suffering as a result of current gaps. Helping employers to comply Many employers also
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