Parent Residence Category – More Misery?   Increasingly calls are being made for changes to the current processing model for parents who wish to be reunited with their adult children on the a basis it is simply not working and is causing undue stress and hardship to the very people that policy was put in place to help.  Is it time the policy was dumped, as some are calling for,... [More]

Recent media reports of skilled migrants coming to New Zealand on Work to Residence Visas, failing to obtain skilled employment, being ‘forced’ to return home having had their residence cases declined, has drawn calls for this policy to be dropped.   The Skilled Migrant Policy seeks to identify those who are more likely to settle well and contribute to the New Zealand econo... [More]

I never like to refer to New Zealand as 'paradise' when doing my seminars overseas about migration to New Zealand as it can sound glib and I don't like to be seen to be 'selling' this country. We are in the business of helping those who qualify to live in New Zealand, have thought through the risk and the rewards and who have made the decision on their own. I am however aware that to many people ... [More]

If your service organisation was found to have made incorrect or poor decisions between 20% and 40% of the time how worried would you be? In his recent report into the New Zealand Immigration Department that is just what the Auditor General found. [More]

In recent weeks the NZ Herald has run a number of stories bringing to the public's attention the plight of pregnant women who are being told they cannot get new temporary permits e.g. visitor/student or work because they are pregnant. Read the take of a Licensed New Zealand Immigration Consultant [More]

Pass marks are falling. We predicted earlier this year that pass marks for applicants under the Skilled Migrant Category would fall as demand continued to soften. We have it on good authority that the New Zealand Government will struggle to meet its annual migrant target (of around 47,000 people). This, coupled with the fact that it is getting more difficult for some New Zealand migrants to find ... [More]

From May 4 all those consultants normally based in New Zealand who provide advice on immigration to New Zealand (unless they are exempt) must have a license. This legislation was passed after years of work by the Government who had decreed that 'vulnerable' migrants needed protection from the incompetent and the unethical. My view is that the standards that are applied to the private sector should also apply to the state. [More]

It is time that the New Zealand Government abandon its “business as usual” policy with regards to skilled migrant immigration criteria and makes changes to the Skilled Migrant Category to reflect the current economic times. [More]

Recent media statements by New Zealand’s Minister Of Immigration have given migrants the impression that they are not welcome to New Zealand. We review these statements and talk about the reactions of would-be New Zealand migrants and provide clarity to migrants as to their position. [More]

The IMMagine Immigration April 2009 Immigration Newsletter is now online.  Topics covered in this edition include: Upcoming Immigration Seminars; Has New Zealand Withdrawn the Welcome Mat?; IMMagine Now Has Six Licensed Advisers; April 1 - New Zealand Tax Cuts; New Zealand - We Are Doing Okay Thanks…; State of the New Zealand Economy; IMMagine Australia Immigration.  Upcoming Im... [More]