Immigration

Forgotten visa application: Couple's residency case taken up by minister

A Brazilian couple, whose advisor forgot to apply for their residency, has taken their case to Parli...

Health improves, treatment gets cheaper — so can Stiffany stay?

A Filipina woman's request to change her student visa to a work visa has been declined because of th...

Record number of Kiwis leave NZ - Stats NZ

The number of Kiwi citizens leaving the country has hit an all-time high. In the year ended March 20...

Lack of senior staff sees hundreds of foreign nurses waiting to get work

A lack of senior staff is a key reason why several nursing jobs in Canterbury were listed, explicitl...

One in six post-cyclone recovery visa workers overstaying

Immigration figures show one in six workers who came into the country on the post-Cyclone Recovery V...

Six unlawful migrants located by compliance officers

Compliance officers have found six Indonesian nationals who were staying in New Zealand unlawfully. ...

Why do so many people want to live in the Tasman region?

The Tasman region is growing quicker than anywhere in the country with the population rapidly becomi...

The truth about the shadowy 'Migration 5'

What started as a scheme to check the identities of a few thousand asylum seekers has spiralled into...

Tongan family's last-ditch attempt to stop aunt's deportation fails

A last-ditch attempt from a Tongan family to stop their aunt from facing deportation has failed. Loa...

Politicians throw support behind Tongan migrant facing deportation

Politicians have thrown their support behind a Tongan migrant facing deportation after she overstaye...

NZ saw net loss of 27,000 people to Australia last year - Stats NZ

New Zealand saw a net migration loss of 27,000 people to Australia last year, according to provision...

Exclusive: Visa delays cost cash-strapped Te Pūkenga tens of millions

More than 1000 international students were prevented from beginning their studies at the Government'...

Immigration NZ warns of 'trend' duping unsuspecting migrants

Immigration New Zealand says an increasing numbers of migrants are being duped into believing they a...

Migrants will soon largely pay for children to learn English

A large chunk of much-needed money to help children for whom English is a second language will soon ...