Immigration
Following a leak, ministers dampen expectations over health immigration
Immigration Minister Michael Wood says some changes to the green list might be made before the review in May, but he needs to get advice on it first.
Health advice urging quick action on immigration leaked
A list of 30 health jobs should immediately be given a fast track to residency, according to Ministry of Health advice leaked to the ACT Party.
Interpreter in court over providing false refugee information to immigration
An interpreter spun a "web of lies" to cheat the immigration system through fabricating a series of asylum claims, a court has been told.
Thousands of family visitor visa applications went untouched for months
More than 3000 visa applications went untouched for up to three months after a systems upgrade failure.
More than 3000 visa applications left untouched for months
Immigration New Zealand has admitted more than 3000 visa applications were left untouched for up to three months because of an IT fault.
It's the latest in a series of system failures that have… Audio
Immigration process a 'bureaucratic nightmare' - Doctors stuck in residence limbo
Two senior hospital doctors who cannot get residence through the immigration Green List are now thinking twice about their move to New Zealand, saying the process is a nightmare. Audio
Doctors and split families wait for residence
Two senior hospital doctors who can't get residence through the immigration Green List are now thinking twice about their move to New Zealand saying the process is a nightmare.
The couple - a… Audio
Ukrainian arrivals say govt support lacking in battle to begin new lives
Ukrainians are escaping to New Zealand only to find themselves locked out of jobs and housing, and turned away from MSD offices. Audio
Govt looks at Treaty interest in immigration policy
The government says one of the fundamental immigration questions it has to address is what input Māori should have into policy.
Banned director and accused migrant exploiter is still running a company
He's left a trail of creditors from three failed concrete companies, faced accusations of wage theft from migrant workers and been told he can no longer direct a company: but that hasn't stopped…
Ukrainians in NZ 'feeling like they have failed' refugees
A Ukrainian support group says humanitarian aid in Aotearoa is lacking - so much so that some refugees have returned to their wartorn homeland.
Accidental comments suggest secrecy over immigration decision-making
Immigration lawyers say accidentally published comments suggest officials want to conceal information on the use of automated decision-making, algorithms and AI.
OIA response reveals to hide immigration practice
Immigration lawyers say official information channels are being manipulated to hide the use of profiling algorithms on applications from migrants.
An Official Information Act response seen by RNZ on… Audio
Poland to build razor-wire fence on border with Russia's Kaliningrad
Poland will build a razor-wire fence on its border with Russia's Kaliningrad amid concerns that the enclave might become a conduit for illegal migration.
Older Chinese bear brunt of discrimination
Many older Chinese immigrants in Auckland report experiencing racial discrimination during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Plans for 'deeper collaboration' and a touchless border for Five Eyes citizens
Theft of knowledge and know-how from universities and research institutes by foreign nationals is a growing concern, security experts warn.
Immigration continues to defend use of offshore surveillance firm
The watchdog of the official spy agencies SIS and GCSB does not have any oversight of a private surveillance firm Immigration New Zealand uses.
Security check waits loom large for Chinese residence visa applicants
Migrants fear delays in national security checks are causing hold-ups to decisions on their fast-track residence visas.
Chinese visa applications most held up by security checks
A security analyst says New Zealand's migrant screening is warding off threats from spies, extremists and drug smugglers, but national security checks take time.
Immigration figures show less than a… Audio
MBIE tight-lipped over not consulting Privacy Commissioner on using spy firm
Officials are refusing to say why they did not consult the Privacy Commissioner over their use of a private overseas spy company.
