New online visa services – advice for employers Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is shifting many of its services online and these changes could affect your business and staff. From mid-June, work and visitor visa applications can be submitted through the new online platform, Immigration ONLINE. Form-filling, but […]
Read more →The adult minimum wage will increase from $14.25 to $14.75 an hour from April 1, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse said today.The starting out and training hourly minimum wages will also rise, by 40c to $11.80 an hour – 80 per cent of the adult […]
Read more →Thursday, 19 February 2015 To reflect particularly strong growth in the tourism industry in the Queenstown region, the Ministers of Tourism and Immigration have agreed to temporarily waive the labour market test requirement under the Essential Skills work visa policy for certain occupations. The labour market test […]
Read more →Monday, February 16, 2015 Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has selected clinics from all over the country to be part of an onshore panel physician network that will complete immigration medical examinations for onshore New Zealand visa applicants. A total of 72 medical clinics, 54 radiology clinics and […]
Read more →Tuesday, July 01, 2014 Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has announced that from 1 July Citizens Advice Bureau New Zealand (CABNZ) will be the provider of face-to- face settlement information services for new migrants across the country. INZ General Manager Steve McGill says that the announcement is great […]
Read more →Friday, December 13, 2013 A number of changes are being made to business migration policies to encourage more high calibre migrants to come to New Zealand. From March next year, the Long Term Business Visa will be replaced with the newly-named Entrepreneur Work Visa and a new […]
Read more →Wednesday, October 30, 2013 We have become aware that some people in New Zealand have been phoned from callers who fraudulently claim to be calling from Immigration New Zealand. These callers tell the person that there has been a problem with their visa or arrival card information […]
Read more →Thursday, December 19, 2013 The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has completed its annual review of two of the Essential Skills in Demand Lists – the Long Term Skill Shortage List and the Immediate Skill Shortage List. Changes will be made to these lists at the […]
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