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Visa Changes Short-sighted And Will Detriment Employers And Migrants
Friday, 10 July 2020, 9:12 am | Aaron Martin
Significant changes to immigration rules around work visas have recently been announced by Immigration New Zealand and the New Zealand Government. These changes have supposedly been set up to “preserve and prioritise future job opportunities for New Zealanders” ... More >>
Unfair Labour Market Testing Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Tuesday, 16 June 2020, 12:06 pm | Aaron Martin
Opinion Piece: Aaron Martin , principal immigration lawyer for NZIL This week sees more adverse treatment of migrant workers from Immigration New Zealand in the wake of COVID-19. As of the 13th of May Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has ... More >>
What The Government Could Be Doing To Help Migrants Right Now
Friday, 12 June 2020, 2:49 pm | Aaron Martin
The New Zealand Government could be doing a lot more to help overseas and onshore migrants right now. If you’re going to be asking other countries to help and be kind to New Zealand migrants stuck in their country; as NZ PM Jacinda Ardern did ... More >>
New Immigration Laws Ignore The Plight Of Offshore Migrants
Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 5:22 pm | Aaron Martin
Yesterday the government announced temporary changes to the Immigration Act to allow more flexibility to manage visa changes for the large numbers of migrants who are unable to leave New Zealand. Leading immigration lawyer Aaron Martin explains the ... More >>
Migrant Workers Deserve Better
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 8:36 am | Aaron Martin
For years ‘low-skilled workers’ (as they are classed by the immigration system) have been doing the jobs New Zealanders don’t want to do. But as we have all discovered during the lockdown, ‘low-skilled’ does not mean ‘unimportant’. Many low-skilled ... More >>
Automatic 3-month Visa Extension Granted For Every Migrant
Saturday, 28 March 2020, 12:04 pm | Aaron Martin
Leading immigration lawyer Aaron Martin assesses the impact of the announcement of the epidemic notice for migrants. Immigration New Zealand announced that the government epidemic management notice relating to immigration matters comes into effect on 2 ... More >>
Coronavirus: What Is The Impact For New Zealand’s Migrant Workforce?
Wednesday, 18 March 2020, 9:30 am | Aaron Martin
Leading immigration lawyer Aaron Martin highlights the need to act to protect the migrant workforce and give them certainty about their work status in New Zealand. People who are currently in New Zealand on a temporary work visa and applying for ... More >>
New Work Visa Thresholds Another Blow To Migrant Workers…
Friday, 20 December 2019, 2:15 pm | Aaron Martin
Aaron Martin , leading New Zealand Immigration Lawyer shares his thoughts about the government’s announcement to once again increase the renumeration thresholds for work and residence visas. More >>
The more things change the more they remain the same…
Friday, 22 November 2019, 2:31 pm | Aaron Martin
Changes were recently announced to make provision for culturally arranged marriages. But these new policies leave even more gaps in the logic of how this visa category will be applied. Immigration law expert Aaron Martin reviews the new visa criteria ... More >>
Ansco Reset gives low skilled migrants residency options
Wednesday, 20 November 2019, 4:12 pm | Aaron Martin
Between now and March 2020 there is a small window where migrants who work in industries like aged care will have a realistic chance to get residency for the first time. This is due to ANZSCO skill levels being reclassified in Australia and some of those ... More >>
Parent Category visa ‘grossly unfair’ for long term migrants
Tuesday, 8 October 2019, 11:54 am | Aaron Martin
Anyone who has settled in New Zealand will be affected by the Parent visa – whether they arrived two years ago or 20 years ago. Immigration Law expert Aaron Martin points out that even New Zealand citizens who migrated here half a lifetime ago are no longer ... More >>
Talent work visa changes 2019
Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 11:49 am | Aaron Martin
The changes to the work visa system are the most significant in over a decade. By 2021, 6 different types of work visas will be replaced with one employer-assisted work visa. More >>
New ETA Visa: A Recipe for Chaos and Confusion?
Wednesday, 29 May 2019, 3:08 pm | Aaron Martin
On February 25th, the details of the Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) were confirmed by the New Zealand Government. The ETA, as described by Immigration New Zealand (INZ), is a “security and facilitation measure that will help speed things up at the border”. More >>
Government plans to overhaul the employer-assisted work visa
Thursday, 7 February 2019, 9:02 am | Aaron Martin
Immigration Law expert Aaron Martin reviews and explains the changes that the government proposes to the Employer assisted work visa due to be implemented over 2019-2020. More >>
Migrant parent health insurance would reduce taxpayer risk
Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 1:04 pm | Aaron Martin
Opinion piece: Leading Auckland immigration lawyer Aaron Martin responds to criticism that the Parent visa category reopening would only create a burden on the taxpayer. More >>
The Immigration law that caused over-staying
Thursday, 30 August 2018, 2:17 pm | Aaron Martin
Leading immigration lawyer, Aaron Martin, addresses the recent changes made last week to the Interim Visa policy. The complications caused by the flaw, both before and after its amending, have had serious implications on many of his clients. More >>
Will the new KiwiBuild visa cut the mustard ?
Thursday, 28 June 2018, 12:24 pm | Aaron Martin
Yesterday the Government announced it is revising the KiwiBuild visa scheme and changing immigration settings to try to address New Zealand’s shortage in construction workers. But will these changes go far enough to address the issues? More >>
The Government’s rock and hard place
Monday, 14 May 2018, 9:19 am | Aaron Martin
Opinion piece : Leading Auckland immigration lawyer Aaron Martin highlights the issues the government are facing in keeping to immigration targets while juggling Kiwibuild and the demand for skilled labour... More >>
It’s a skill shortage, dummy, not a labour shortage…
Wednesday, 2 May 2018, 4:52 pm | Aaron Martin
Opinion piece: Leading Auckland immigration lawyer Aaron Martin weighs in on the re-cent comments in the media from unions about transmission gully and the concerns around labour short-ages taking jobs from New Zealanders. More >>
