New Zealand immigration department has announced changes to visa application receiving locations at various cities around the world. According to the statement issued by the New Zealand immigration department, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) offices in Ottawa, Washington DC, Brasilia, Santiago and Buenos Aires have stopped receiving visa application with effect from [...]
New Zealand immigration department has announced that it will be going through an extensive management overhaul which might lead to numerous layoffs and other related changes. Immigration New Zealand (INZ) officials have stated that the staff at the agency have been notified to expect major management restructuring in all of the agency’s departments, which may [...]
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New Zealand immigration authorities have issued up to 1744 foreign workers’ visas despite of the ongoing high rate of unemployment in the country, according to figures compiled in a report by a local media group. The New Zealand government is also being alleged of approving such large number of applications without making appropriate opportunities first [...]
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Foreign students enrolled in English language courses in New Zealand meeting certain criteria will be able to work 20 hours per week as was announced by the New Zealand Immigration Minister. August 27, 2012 is the date on which the new policy will become effective. Under the current immigration policy, part-time work eligibility for English [...]
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New Zealand’s Immigration Department is being requested by a Geospatial Industry association to make the Geospatial Information System (GIS) skills part of the immigration skill occupational shortage list. Earlier this month, Spatial Industry Business Association (SIBA) representatives had finalized and presented the case of GIS skill shortage to the Immigration Department of the Ministry of [...]
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The New Zealand immigration authorities are hot on their toes on cracking down student visa scam that has been their center of attention since June. During an audit of the Immigration New Zealand’s Beijing branch, fraudulent Chinese student visa cases, up to 279 in numbers, were discovered last month. More than 80 percent of these [...]
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Immigration New Zealand and Education New Zealand have inked a memorandum of understanding to facilitate and streamline the visa process for international students to boost the country’s education industry. The memorandum of understanding will assist the international students to get their study visa processed in short period of ten working days through the use of [...]
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New Zealand Immigration was able to bar a number of criminals and fraudsters entering New Zealand by using biometric information sharing system during the year 2011. New Zealand immigration checked the biometric data of about 440 people using the biometric immigration identity system in 2011. The immigration department was able to identify 37 applicants attempting to [...]
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New Zealand Immigration (INZ) foiled an attempt of human smuggling while a group of nine women was trying to board a flight from Malaysia to New Zealand. INZ Border Operations Manager Karen Urwin said the women were allegedly coming to New Zealand for a week-long tour of the South Island. This was the single largest [...]
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New Zealand immigration had to cancel 330 Silver Fern Job Search Visas approved due to a technical glitch in the online application processing system. There is a limit of 300 visas per year; however, 630 were approved this year. The Silver Fern Job Search Visa scheme was opened for accepting applications from highly skilled young [...]
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