New visa policy offers aid to Ukrainian nationals
The Government has today announced new policy to offer shelter to Ukrainian nationals whose lives are at risk from Russia’s aggression, following the illegal invasion of Ukraine that began last month.
New Zealand's border reopening: the 5-stage process
This article has been updated to reflect the most recent changes to the scheduled border reopening dates, announced by the Government on 16 March 2022.
Immigration policy updates - Throw out the rule book - 2022 set to be another year of change
2021 has seen an unprecedented number of changes to immigration instructions and policy and as we now turn our focus to 2022 and the re-opening of the New Zealand borders, we have summarised some key recent changes that may affect…
New Zealand's border set to open in 2022
UPDATE, FEBRUARY 2022: The government announced a revised 5-step border opening process, beginning in March 2022. Please see this page for details.
2021 Resident Visa - the finer details
Immigration New Zealand today released further information regarding the process for applying for a 2021 Resident Visa. Our earlier article is linked here, which provides an overall summary of eligibility.
2021 Resident Visa - the game-changing one-off - what you need to know
Early this morning the Minister made a major announcement of a new category of residence visa which is estimated to impact up to 165,000 migrants.