Visas
266 hairdressers given work visas
Of the 200,000 people issued work visas last year, 266 were hairdressers, 104 dairy farmers, 17 sales and marketing managers and 42 cafe managers. Opposition parties are outraged. Audio
Chinese student numbers bounce back
The number of study visas granted to Chinese students has topped 30,000 for the first time in a decade, following several years of recovery from a big fall in the mid 2000s. Audio
Foreign student numbers fall
Visa figures show schools and private tertiary institutions are bearing the brunt of a 17-hundred-student drop in overseas enrolments. Audio
Education New Zealand says foreign student numbers have fallen
Visa figures show foreign student numbers have fallen in the first quarter of this year after a bumper year in 2015. Audio
Australasian push is on to develop a single trans-Tasman visa
The push is on to bring Australia and New Zealand even closer - with a single trans-Tasman visa. Audio
Ko Haapu arrives in NZ after months in Australian detention
Former New Zealand soldier Ko Haapu, held without charge in a maximum security prison in Perth since early November, has arrived back in New Zealand. Video, Audio
Getting ahead through smarter migration policies
How can we attract skilled, creative and entrepreneurial people born in other countries? How can our 'seventeenth region' - the more than 600,000 New Zealanders living abroad, be a greater national… Audio
The paper border
A New Zealand ballet student had to come back home after officals in the UK told her she had the wrong visa to study there. Audio
Poultry farm fined for illegal workers
A poultry farming business has been fined for employing five Samoans who should not have been in New Zealand.
Visa Issues
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Filipino dairy workers are dealing with long delays in getting their visas renewed due to the investigation currently underway into fake documents.
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