Fieldays 2024 – Visit us at site PC31

Jun 11, 2024 | News, Upcoming Events

The Greenstone team are at this year’s Fieldays, from the 12th until the 15th of June 2024.   We will be at stall PC31, inside the main Pavilion. Several members of the Greenstone Immigration and Greenstone Recruitment teams will be on side throughout the week...

8 April 2024 – NZ Immigration: Employer Impact – More complexity & responsibilities

Apr 8, 2024 | News

Immigration NZ has just announced a raft of changes that impact Employer Accreditation, job checks and Accredited Employer work visas. The changes reintroduce the concept of higher and lower-skilled jobs as defined under ANZSCO.         1. Changes to...

5 April 2024 – Faster Immigration for Secondary School Teachers

Apr 5, 2024 | News

  Starting from May 2024, secondary school teachers have a new, faster pathway to residence through the Green List Straight to Residence process.  The recent announcement by the government adds secondary school teachers to the high-demand Tier 1 Green List...

14 September 2023 – Higher median wage to apply from February 2024

Sep 14, 2023 | News

Starting from February 2024, a revised median wage of NZD $31.61 per hour will be integrated into the immigration system. Various visa categories, such as work and skilled residence visas, use wage thresholds or criteria linked to this median wage. This adjustment in...

Fieldays 2023 – Come visit us at site PC18 between 14th and 17th of June

May 2, 2023 | News, Upcoming Events

                We invite you to visit the Greenstone team at this year’s Fieldays, held from the 14th until the 17th of June.   We will be at stall PC18, inside the main Pavilion. Our Recruitment and Immigration teams...

1 March 2023 – Changes coming for partners of work visa holders

Feb 28, 2023 | News

INZ have warned us since mid-2022 that changes were coming for partners of work visa holders.  We have now received clarity from the government on what those changes will look like and take place from 31 May 2023. The key changes are: Partners of work visa holders...

13 January 2023- Take advantage of the current median wage rates before the change

Jan 12, 2023 | News

From 27 February 2023, the Immigration NZ median wage is due to increase to NZD $29.66 an hour for new Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) applications. Occupations covered by sector agreements will also update their minimum hourly rates on this date. Before...

5 Dec 2022- Changes to partner work visas deferred to April 2023

Dec 5, 2022 | News

The Immigration Minister has today announced a delay to controversial changes regarding work rights for partners of some temporary work visa holders. Greenstone Immigration had been waiting for these to come into effect in December 2022 but these have now been...

13 Oct 2022- Parent category changes give families a fair chance to reunite

Oct 13, 2022 | News

After a very long time in limbo, applicants with parent category Expressions of Interest in the pool can now look ahead to a future in New Zealand. The reopening of the parent category EOI selection pool on 14 November 2022 for EOIs submitted before 12 October 2022 is...