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October 2020
New Border Entry Exceptions for Holders of Certain Types of Work and Resident Visas
On 8 October 2020 Immigration New Zealand (INZ) finally published the long awaited amendments to New Zealand’s border restriction policies to allow the holders of certain types of visas to return to New Zealand through the closed border. The amendment …
Continue ReadingSeptember 2020
‘Other critical worker’ exception recalibration: Don’t be fooled!
On 11 September Immigration New Zealand (INZ) released some policy changes in relation to the criteria for border exceptions for ‘other critical workers’. At first flush, it might seems that these changes broaden the category and potentially open a pathway …
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(Overcoming) The Barrier of the Border – Bringing Critical Workers into New Zealand
21 August 2020
As a result of the pandemic, New Zealand businesses are struggling for lots of different reasons. For many organisations, one of the big struggles is the challenge of how to gain access to key talent currently “locked …
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July 2020 Newsletter
July 2020 Newsletter
In this edition:
Assessment of “family” under new border criteria Some resilience to the world’s ills Keeping connected to family overseas The rental housing market and your expat/migrant employeesAssessment of “family” under new border criteria… Continue Reading
July 2020
Changes to Essential Skills Work Visas – Effective 27 July 2020
17 July 2020
A few weeks ago, when the Minister of Immigration was discussing some proposed changes that included a move away from the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO), he was quoted as saying: “If you …
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Six-Month Extension for Employer-Assisted Work Visas: the Nitty-Gritty
8 July 2020
In what is widely thought to be the final act of this nature, the New Zealand Government announced, on 7 July 2020, that it will automatically be extending employer-assisted work visas expiring between 10 July 2020 …
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Appeal Decision on Retail Manager Positions
1 July 2020
The Immigration and Protection Tribunal (IPT) has recently found that a franchise agreement does not prevent a Retail Store Manager’s role from being assessed as skilled, leaving open the possibility of making a successful application under the …
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Entry Through the Closed Border for “Critical Workers”
19/06/2020
INZ has now released its full detailed policy on the requirements that must be met in order for a person to be granted an exception to enter on the basis of being an “other critical worker”. A general outline …
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New Border Entry Criteria from Thursday 18 June 2020
15 June 2020
In our most recent article we predicted that Immigration New Zealand (INZ) would make some announcements on limited softening of the border entry criteria last week and that has indeed happened with the announcements made on Friday …
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