From Residency Pathways to Residency Roadblocks
The Government says it has created two new pathways to skilled residence. What has received far less attention is that, for many occupations, those same changes may simultaneously create new barriers that make residence significantly harder to obtain. This week I was interviewed by the Dominion Post regarding recent amendments to New Zealand’s immigration policy […]
Was Winston Peters Right? The Subtle Immigration Changes Quietly Closing the Door on Indian Migrants
Winston Peters recently claimed that Immigration Minister Erica Stanford had quietly changed New Zealand’s immigration settings in a way that would make it harder for Indian migrants to obtain residence. He also alleged in Parliament that immigration officials had advised the Minister not to publicly announce those changes because of the likely reaction from India […]
The Permanently Temporary Migrant: What New Zealand’s Latest Skilled Migrant Residence Changes tell us about the direction of New Zealand Immigration Policy
In August this year, New Zealand will introduce significant changes to its skilled residence programme, including two new residence pathways: the Skilled Work Experience Pathway and the Trades and Technicians Pathway. The reforms have generally been welcomed within the immigration industry as long-overdue improvements. However, the real significance of these changes lies not in the […]