Sep 7, 2020 | News
The median hourly wage threshold is likely to increase to $27 per hour in November 2020. The median hourly wage threshold is used by Immigration New Zealand for: determining the length of visa obtained by temporary visa holders (either three years or six...
Jul 22, 2020 | News
On 7 July, the Government announced a six-month extension of employer assisted work visas that expire between the period of 10 July 2020 and 31 December 2020. Immigration New Zealand has also sent out blanket emails with wording that suggests that all migrants have...
Jul 7, 2020 | News
The Minister of Immigration has just announced some significant changes to work visas that will affect most work visa holders. The changes include: Extending all existing employer-assisted temporary work visas (essential skills and work to residence) for people who...
May 14, 2020 | News
The Immigration (Covid19 response) Amendment Act 2020 has been passed. Herewith Questions and Answers are sent out by Immigration New Zealand: Frequently Asked Questions Q: Does this Act give Government sweeping powers to make changes to visas? A: This Act gives the...
May 4, 2020 | News
The Minister of Immigration is today presenting an urgent Immigration Bill to Parliament, which will significantly increase its power to react to the current Covid-19 crisis, for a period of 12 months. The press release calls the bill a “temporary pragmatic solution...
Apr 16, 2020 | News
What happens after the interim period? The INZ has now released its internal circular which sets out more detail of the interim VOC measures (see our blog written on 16 April 2020). Workers cannot change regions, but can change employers or occupations (not both)....
Apr 16, 2020 | News
Immigration New Zealand today released information about interim measures to assist essential workers during the Covid -19- response. INZ will relax visa conditions for lockdown levels 4 and 3 and for six weeks thereafter. Note that these measures do not apply to...
Mar 26, 2020 | News
This is an update on the current COVID-19 situation and how it impacts you. Business as usual for Greenstone’s Licensed Immigration Advisers and Recruiters Importantly, Greenstone Global is still working as normal, and we are able to assist you with any...
Feb 24, 2020 | News
Good news for Skilled Migrant applications, bad news for Residence from Work Applicants. It is fair to say that Immigration New Zealand is currently under significant strain. Various factors have resulted in skyrocketing processing times and a major headache for...
Feb 10, 2020 | News
A new hope for a family reunion (but only for some) By Vanessa Sharratt -Licensed Immigration Adviser and Director The Minister of Immigration has finally released detailed instructions for the new Parent Category policy. The first EOI selection will be in May 2020,...
Nov 26, 2019 | News
Summary: New ANZSCO version for mid-2020 adoption – Dairy Herd Manager may be skilled Positions above Dairy Herd Manager (i.e. 2IC / Assistant Farm Manager), may also be considered skilled Potential additional work experience points: Farm Managers with 5 years...
Oct 31, 2019 | News
Immigration New Zealand has just announced that from 29 October 2019 certain skill level 4 or 5 occupations that are listed in Appendix 7 of its Operations Manual will be considered as skilled for both the skilled migrant residence category and the essential skills...