A new Minister Prior to the October 2023 election National’s immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford was…
Richard SmallDecember 1, 2023
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Immigration New Zealand will accept registrations for the 2023 Samoan Quota (SQ) and Pacific Access…
Richard SmallAugust 1, 2023
Requesting Your Information from Immigration New Zealand. Pacific Legal is the recognized field leader. …
Richard SmallJuly 4, 2023
On 21 June 2023 outgoing Minister of Immigration Michael Wood announced the biggest change to…
Richard SmallJuly 1, 2023
Median Wage Required for Most Partners From May 31, 2023 partners of accredited employer and…
Richard SmallJune 7, 2023
Updated information - November 2023 On 12 October the Minister of Immigration Hon Michael Wood-announced…
Diana BellNovember 27, 2022
In attempt to help ease casual workforce shortages, the New Zealand Government recently announced several…
Diana BellAugust 24, 2022
AI+ Investment Shakeup Favours Direct Investment in New Zealand Companies: Raises Minimum Investment
On 20 July 2022, the Ministers of Immigration and Economic and Regional Development announced the…
Richard SmallAugust 15, 2022
Recent media reports suggest that as of 15 May, 97,179 applications including 194,632 people had…
Richard SmallJune 2, 2022
Border Re-Opening Finalized… And More Finally, we have certainty! In our 25 March 2022 blog…
Richard SmallMay 19, 2022
New Zealand Borders Reopening - Update! Our last blog on this topic in February 2022…
Diana BellMarch 25, 2022
2021 Residence Visa Update: March 2022 Changes have been made since our last blog about…
Richard SmallMarch 7, 2022
After months of delays we seem to have finally rounded the corner on a firm…
Richard SmallFebruary 9, 2022
The initial introduction of the 2021 Residence Visa in December 2021 was a technical disaster. …
Richard SmallDecember 13, 2021
On 24th November 2021, the Government announced that New Zealand will reopen the border to…
Diana BellDecember 10, 2021
2021 Resident Visa: more details are revealed Our recent blog introduced the new one-off 2021…
Richard SmallNovember 9, 2021
What you need to know for now What On 30th September 2021, the Government…
Richard SmallOctober 1, 2021
Mandatory employer accreditation deferred until mid-2022 After stressing about the importance of higher paid in higher…
Richard SmallJuly 26, 2021
Some offshore residence applications are likely to follow A quick recap Offshore temporary visa processing…
Richard SmallJuly 14, 2021
Most employers are very supportive of their migrant workers. We are on the record strongly…
Richard SmallJuly 12, 2021
As of July 2021, the biggest change to employer supported visas in years is underway.…
Richard SmallJuly 2, 2021
Pacific Legal Director Richard Small was recently interviewed on TVNZ’s breakfast program about the situation…
Richard SmallJune 11, 2021
Free travel is back to and from Australia and the Cook Islands and from Niue…
Richard SmallJune 11, 2021
On Thursday 13 April Richard Small Director and Principal Lawyer of Pacific Legal attended a…
Richard SmallApril 16, 2021
The New Zealand Border Reopening Right now, our border remains closed as it has…
Richard SmallFebruary 12, 2021
Pacific Legal Covid 19 Visa Update 9 October 2020: Important changes for onshore employer supported…
Diana BellOctober 15, 2020
Pacific Legal Covid 19 Visa Update 9 October 2020: Restrictions eased for partners and dependants…
Diana BellOctober 9, 2020
Pacific Legal Covid 19 Visa Update 9 October 2020: Good news for some offshore work…
Diana BellOctober 9, 2020
Pacific Legal succeeds with critical Worker Applications for $50 million Te Arai Golf Course project:…
Richard SmallOctober 7, 2020
COVID 19 update 11 September 2020 On 30th August 2020, Auckland moved back to Covid…
Richard SmallSeptember 9, 2020
For those in New Zealand: Have a plan Those with temporary visas due to expire…
Richard SmallJuly 1, 2020
We are continuing to get queries from people offshore asking if the business and investor…
Richard SmallJuly 1, 2020
Proving the position still meets the labour market test The basic rule for many of…
Richard SmallJuly 1, 2020
Other critical workers: Is there a ray of light in the tunnel? Recent media coverage…
Richard SmallJuly 1, 2020
Repeat Labour Market tests Immigration Instructions already provide that a skills match reports must be…
Richard SmallMay 27, 2020
New Zealand moved to Alert Level 2 on Thursday 21st May 2020 Our border remains…
Richard SmallMay 27, 2020
Our border is now closed Who is affected? The New Zealand Government closed our border…
Richard SmallMarch 23, 2020
COVID 19: What we’re doing to ensure continued services We know this is a difficult…
Richard SmallMarch 19, 2020
Recently there have a lot of stories about declined partnership-based visa applications in the media.…
Richard SmallMarch 2, 2020
Pacific Legal’s successful complaint against Immigration New Zealand+ Pacific Legal recently raised concerns at situations…
Richard SmallDecember 9, 2019
Employer Support for Visa While the application process for most temporary work visas are…
Diana BellNovember 18, 2019
Are you prepared? There are many different types of work visas. They generally fall into…
Richard SmallOctober 1, 2019
You said what? - Upcoming changes to character rules pose risks for both applicants and…
Richard SmallSeptember 27, 2019
Immigration and Employment law in New Zealand When you recruit and hire migrant workers, you…
Diana BellAugust 22, 2019
Hiring overseas workers Hiring overseas workers can seem like a real challenge for employers. Recent…
Richard SmallJuly 22, 2019
Employer-assisted work visas The upcoming changes to the New Zealand immigration system will affect almost…
Richard SmallJuly 1, 2019
Immigration New Zealand’s (INZ) processing delays can easily lead to confusion and stress for applicants.…
Richard SmallMay 22, 2019
Richard was interviewed by Radio NZ about how visa processing times are being manipulated to…
Richard SmallApril 29, 2019
Immigration New Zealand's services have become inefficient and substandard after it shut down drop-in centres,…
Richard SmallNovember 22, 2018
A client's story of how she became illegal in New Zealand. Her case illustrates the…
Diana BellSeptember 21, 2018
Immigration New Zealand appears to have scrapped data and predictive modelling work it did to…
Richard SmallAugust 2, 2018
In response to what appears to be a crackdown on visas, with official figures showing a…
Richard SmallDecember 6, 2017
Immigration Specialist Richard Small speaks to Larry Williams on Mike Hosking Breakfast (NZ's number one…
Richard SmallJuly 19, 2017
Most of us are familiar with Internal Administrative Circulars or “IACs” As INZ’s knowledge base…
Richard SmallJune 29, 2017
Watch a recent interview Richard Small and Radio Live See the video here: http://www.radiolive.co.nz/home/audio/2017/02/immigration-hits-all-time-high.html
Richard SmallFebruary 28, 2017
Look before you leap - please obtain disclosure! Importance of Requesting for INZ File Two…
Richard SmallFebruary 14, 2017
Immigration New Zealand Website Past Internal Administrative Circulars returning soon Most of us are familiar…
Richard SmallJune 3, 2016
Do you have a complaint against Immigration New Zealand? A simple checklist to consider How…
Richard SmallMay 11, 2016
What's in a name? Should Immigration Officers give names when issuing a decision and be…
Richard SmallMay 11, 2016
Rogue advisers see Pasifika families unfairly deported See the full article here: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/290288/pasifika-families-unfairly-deported-lawyer
Richard SmallNovember 15, 2015
Lower Hutt lawyer Richard Small recognised for huge immigration impact See the full article here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/hutt-valley/71798711/lower-hutt-lawyer-richard-small-recognised-for-huge-immigration-impact …
Richard SmallSeptember 7, 2015
Pacific Legal earns international recognition For the second time, Pacific Legal has been awarded the…
Richard SmallJuly 14, 2015
Watch a recent TVNZ news report on Richard Small and Pacific Legal
Richard SmallJune 21, 2015
WINNER Specialist Immigration Boutique Law Firm New Zealand In April 2015 FINANCE MONTHLY announced Pacific…
Richard SmallJune 14, 2015
