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This is day one of our nation closing for the next 4 weeks (or longer). All Kiwis and visitors must stay at home and only go out for food shopping, prescript...

New Zealand closed the border to most travellers at 23.59 on Thursday, 19 March 2020. Who can still enter New Zealand? The following people can still travel ...

By the time you read this the New Zealand government’s new border restrictions have taken effect. From 1am Monday, 16 March 2020 everyone arriving in New Zea...

Immigration NZ just announced this week changes to the ranking for processing residence applications from skilled workers. Priority will now only be given to...

Following the coronavirus outbreak in China Immigration NZ closed their office in Beijing until further notice. This has limited the number of Immigration Of...

Malcolm Pacific Immigration are hosting free seminars with information on the upcoming work visa rule changes and insights to the ever changing immigration l...

Malcolm Pacific Immigration is hosting free seminars about work visa changes coming this year and in 2021. These seminars are aimed at employers and anyone h...

Are you ready for the new wage rates that apply from February 24? The new thresholds are based on the New Zealand median salary and wage rate of NZD $25.50 p...

So you want your mother and father to join you in your new life? You need to plan carefully so that they are part of the total 1,000 applicants who get accep...

Any foreign travellers who have been present in, or transited through, mainland China in the previous 14 days are being refused entry to New Zealand, potenti...

The oldest residence application was lodged in December 2018 and it has not been looked at by an Immigration Officer. Today around 12,000 applications coveri...

Malcolm Pacific Immigration will close from the end of business Friday 20 December 2019 and reopen on Monday 6 January 2020. If your visa is expiring before ...

Getting a visa to live, work or holiday for some countries can be complicated and not just the mouse click away you had hoped. The UK system, for one, can be...

There has been recent media attention due to the high decline rate of partner visas. At the centre of the dispute was the enforcement of the rules that cultu...

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) report the skilled migrant residence visa category is over-subscribed as sustained economic growth and low unemployment have dr...

More than 10,000 parents in a queue waiting for the New Zealand Government to make up its mind about parent visa rules, finally have some answers. But for ma...

The Minister of Immigration has just announced the changes to work visa policy that we signaled were on the way. These new rules will roll out progressively ...

In October 2016 the previous government put a hold on the issuing of parent residence visa applications. The moratorium was meant to last 2 years to allow a ...

Delays to visa processing have been hitting the news throughout this year. The problem has become visible through some dramatic examples promoted by the medi...

We signaled earlier the government plans to change the rules around work visas and make the process more employer driven (mandatory employer accreditation/re...