On 19th Feb 2021, Employment Relations Authority made a decision against Restaurant Brands Limited and ordered them to pay $18,000 NZD to one of their ex-employees who was on a work visa. This news was published in the stuff news on 4th March 2021. Here are the key...
Automatic visa extensions – a Lifeline or a goodbye gift to migrants on Essential Skills work visa? We posted on our Facebook page on 20th Dec 2020 when Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi announced 6 months visa extensions for employer-assisted work visa holders....
New Zealand is home to many migrants who have spent years in New Zealand, their kids may have been born here and they may consider themselves almost as New Zealanders. Yet, the recent global events following Covid-19 have put many migrants and their employers in a...
What is the change? Immigration New Zealand has made special changes to the immigration instructions to relax visa conditions for two groups of current supermarket employees for a period of 30 days finishing on 25th April 2020. These groups and the changes are: Work...
When is the right time to apply for your next work visa? So you are on work visa and your visa is running out in 2021, should you be thinking about applying for your next work visa now or when the right time comes? How do the upcoming changes of 2021 apply to your...