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Man arrested for human trafficking and slavery
Monday, 17 December 2018, 10:08 am | Immigration NZ
A 64-year-old man has been arrested and charged with human trafficking and slavery, following a lengthy investigation by Immigration New Zealand (INZ) and NZ Police. More >>
Indian national sentenced for exploiting migrant workers
Monday, 17 September 2018, 4:13 pm | Immigration NZ
An Indian national New Zealand citizen has been convicted for exploiting Indian workers he employed. More >>
Fijian arrest linked to NZ’s human trafficking convictions
Monday, 20 August 2018, 1:22 pm | Immigration NZ
Fijian arrest linked to NZ’s human trafficking convictions A 31 year old female Fijian citizen has been arrested and charged by the Fiji Police with serious crimes including human trafficking as a result of a joint Immigration New Zealand (INZ) ... More >>
Community organisations to support sponsored refugees
Friday, 6 July 2018, 9:06 am | Immigration NZ
New Zealand will extend a warm Kiwi welcome to 21 sponsored refugees, made up of five families, who arrive this week under a new settlement approach, says Immigration New Zealand Manager, Steve McGill. More >>
NZ visa holders will say goodbye to visa labels
Monday, 2 July 2018, 4:18 pm | Immigration NZ
Visa labels in passports are about to become a thing of the past for New Zealand visa holders. From 4 July 2018, Immigration New Zealand will stop issuing physical labels into visa holders’ passports. Instead all successful visa applicants will ... More >>
Samoan Quota Ballot Today
Friday, 29 June 2018, 11:22 am | Immigration NZ
Immigration New Zealand (INZ) Assistant General Manager Jeannie Melville says a record 16,500 registrations were received this year for the Samoan Quota. More >>
Christchurch employer sentenced for employing illegal worker
Thursday, 14 June 2018, 2:20 pm | Immigration NZ
A Christchurch liquor store and its owner have been sentenced for employing an unlawful Indian migrant for three and a half years. More >>
Pacific Quota Ballot Today
Friday, 8 June 2018, 10:06 am | Immigration NZ
A total of 650 places are available under the Pacific Access Category for nationals from Tonga (250), Fiji (250), Tuvalu (75) and Kiribati (75). More >>
INZ strengthening verification processes against fraud
Thursday, 15 March 2018, 12:09 pm | Immigration NZ
Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is boosting its risk and verification processes in the ongoing battle against visa fraud. More >>
Fijian resident sentenced for refugee fraud
Monday, 12 February 2018, 2:55 pm | Immigration NZ
A Fijian national who made up a story that he arrived in New Zealand as a stowaway after his entire family were massacred by a group of Bangladeshi has been sentenced on a representative fraud charge. More >>
Airline Fined Over Boarding Unauthorised Passenger
Thursday, 16 November 2017, 10:43 am | Immigration NZ
An airline has been prosecuted for allowing a passenger to board a flight to New Zealand - despite being told by Immigration New Zealand (INZ) not to do so. More >>
Pastor sentenced over lying to Immigration New Zealand
Wednesday, 8 November 2017, 1:27 pm | Immigration NZ
A dual Samoan New Zealand pastor and his church have been sentenced on charges relating to lying to Immigration New Zealand (INZ) to sponsor a Samoan police officer who was offered work as a youth pastor even though they had no money to pay him. More >>
Immigration New Zealand encourages plain English in new award
Wednesday, 26 July 2017, 2:29 pm | Immigration NZ
Immigration New Zealand will be sponsoring this year’s Best Plain English Turnaround Award as part of the WriteMark Plain English Awards. The Awards celebrate New Zealand’s clearest communicators and encourage the use of plain English as a common practice ... More >>
Innovative RSE scheme 10 years young
Tuesday, 4 July 2017, 2:25 pm | Immigration NZ
Immigration New Zealand is joining with Pacific leaders and horticulture and viticulture industry leaders to celebrate 10 years of the innovative and world-leading Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme. The RSE scheme was established in 2007 and allows ... More >>
New Zealand resident sentenced
Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 3:03 pm | Immigration NZ
A New Zealand permanent resident who tried to fraudulently bring a child into New Zealand has been sentenced for providing false and misleading documents to Immigration New Zealand. More >>
Invercargill chosen as new refugee settlement location
Monday, 1 May 2017, 4:48 pm | Immigration NZ
Invercargill has been selected as a new refugee settlement location following a whole of Government assessment. More >>
Sentence in Filipino visa fraud case
Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 1:14 pm | Immigration NZ
A dual Filipino / New Zealand national has been sentenced after pleading guilty to 284 charges involving multiple fraudulent work visa applications submitted by Filipinos seeking work in the New Zealand dairy industry. More >>
Pacific Quota registrations open
Wednesday, 22 March 2017, 2:18 pm | Immigration NZ
Citizens of Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Fiji are encouraged to register for this year’s ballot under the Samoan Quota and Pacific Access Category, which takes place between 3 and 28 April. More >>
Sentence in people trafficking case
Thursday, 2 February 2017, 3:04 pm | Immigration NZ
A second defendant in a people trafficking case has been sentenced at the High Court in Tauranga. In December last year Faroz Ali, also known as Feroz Ali, a Fijian national with New Zealand residence, was sentenced to a total of nine years and six months ... More >>
Year at the Border report published
Wednesday, 18 January 2017, 11:03 am | Immigration NZ
The work of Immigration New Zealand’s Border Operations team is showcased in the latest Year at the Border annual report, which features some fascinating facts and figures as well as a number of case studies. More >>
