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Immigration application fees to increase on 1 October 2024 Up, up and Away

Immigration application fees to increase on 1 October 2024 On 9 August 2024, the Government announced that immigration application fees will increase effective 1 October 2024. Fees are approximately doubling for most of the applications. This followed speculation since before the election in 2023 that the incoming National led government might increase fees to 90% […]

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Investor Insights – February 2024 Entrepreneur and Parent Retirement Visas

Entrepreneur Visa The entrepreneur category allows self-employment and setting up a business here. It involves very small amounts of capital ($100-150,0000) There are some exceptions e.g. in ICT) but strict adherence to a three-year business plan. Normally a work visa is required for two years before applying for residence. There is a fast track provision

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Tongan workers enter NZ workforce thanks to Pacific Legal and Fulton Hogan

In 2022 and 2023, Richard Small and Pacific Legal were proud to partner with leading civil infrastructure and engineering firm Fulton Hogan, and Pacific community leaders including Melina Maka of the Tongan Advisory Council, to support a recruitment programme for machine operators and drivers from Tonga. Fulton Hogan staff visited Tonga to prequalify candidates in

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Ringing in the changes! New coalition government: areas to watch

A new Minister Prior to the October 2023 election National’s immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford was very proactive in pointing out failures of the Accredited Employer Work Visa especially around migrant exploitation. On 27 November Hon Erica Stanford became the Immigration Minister.  The immigration industry, advisors and lawyers have generally welcomed her as a minister who

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Pacific Access – Samoan Quota Categories – Registrations Re-opens

Immigration New Zealand will accept registrations for the 2023 Samoan Quota (SQ) and Pacific Access Category (PAC) ballots from 1 August 2023 to 5pm 31 August 2023. These annual programs enable individuals from Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Fiji to go into a lottery for residence in New Zealand. They were closed for a number

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Look Before You Leap!

Requesting Your Information from Immigration New Zealand. Pacific Legal is the recognized field leader.   Here at Pacific Legal we have a long-standing reputation for requesting our clients’ files even in routine cases under the Privacy and Official Information Acts. This is because time and again we have found information that clients, sponsors and employers were not

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