You have a visa. You should be fine to board your flight into New Zealand? Not necessarily as some people have recently found out. Certain prominent cases of Visa holders being denied passage to New Zealand have made it to the press. The case of the...
There have been a number of changes in Immigration field for August 2024. Here are some of the highlights. Visa Application Fees As discussed in a previous blog – visa application fees are set to rise. Some fees by more than double. Anyone thinking of...
The past is the past right? Wrong. At our office recently we had an inquiry regarding a Deportation Liability Notice. Unusually for these notices it was regarding a criminal matter which was nearly 10 years old. Criminal Convictions can lead to deportation....
I saw ‘Umrika’ aka ‘America,’ at the New Zealand Film Festival 2015. It inspired me to make a similar movie set in our country, calling it ‘Zealand.’ It would have ended with a person boarding a flight with his passport and a food parcel, instead of being a stowaway...
Immigration is a changing landscape There are two recent immigration trends that worry me. The recent arrivals of immigrants bringing undesirable traits with them have been greeting more airplay of late. Unfortunately, these immigrants can sometimes overshadow the...
