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Successful Critical Worker Applications Meet $50M Project Start Date

Pacific Legal succeeds with critical Worker Applications for $50 million Te Arai Golf Course project: Welcomes Changes for Employers Over the past five months, when most employers were unable to get highly skilled staff into New Zealand, Pacific Legal has had the pleasure of achieving successful visa outcomes for the new Te Arai Links golf course […]

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Business and investment opportunities still open: Update: June 2020

We are continuing to get queries from people offshore asking if the business and investor category is continuing on a business as usual basis. What are the options? There are two main investment categories: Investor 1 (minimum investment NZ$10 million for at least three years) and Investor 2 (minimum investment NZ$3 million for at least

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Repeat Labour Market tests?

Repeat Labour Market tests Immigration Instructions already provide that a skills match reports must be provided from MSD for ANZSCO skill level 4 and 5 positions.  The tests include that the employer must show genuine efforts to recruit, that the position is financially sustainable (that could be difficult for employers who have applied for the

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Covid 19: Update 3

New Zealand moved to Alert Level 2 on Thursday 21st May 2020 Our border remains closed for non-residents and citizens with very few exceptions.  The border closure could be for 12 months or more. Urgent changes have been made to the Immigration Act 2009 enacted by Parliament on 13th May 2020. These changes give the Minister of

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