It is a foolish man that declares the war won when a battle has just gone his way.  Those of you who are regular readers of the blog (and I understand there are a few of you, much to my surprise) will have been following my representations to the chain of command inside INZ over how applicants from North and South Asia are being processed under the Skilled Migrant Category through the Shangha... [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 have somehow been subscribed to one of these immigration chat group/forum things which I have come to loathe. I have tried to unsubscribe but can’t (that is another story) and for the sake of my mental health have told the computer to treat them as junk. For some reason this week I have received a whole lot more. This particular one allows ex-pat South Africans to give freely of their migr... [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]