New border exception for families of migrant workers: Who can travel to NZ?
New border exception for families of migrant workers: Who can travel to NZ? Monday, April 19, 2021 Sandeep Singh
The latest announcement by Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi on new border exception for families of some migrant workers is generating a huge anticipation within temporary migrants stuck overseas.
While the announcement is largely targeted on the families of critical health care workers, who were not being able to enter NZ because of an existing anomaly within the policy which had gained much media attention in recent months propelling Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to intervene and assure a quick fixing of the problem.
12.70 per cent applications approved under partner of temporary visa holder category by Immigration NZ Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Sandeep Singh
Partners of temporary visa holders in New Zealand are facing the maximum brunt of border closure as Immigration New Zealand approved only 12.70 per cent of all applications to enter the country.
This was revealed to
the Indian Weekender by the Immigration NZ in response to a separate query regarding requests for exception by partners seeking to join their NZ based partners.
According to the data obtained by
the Indian Weekender, the INZ as of November 24, 2020, had received a total of 10,424 applications for exceptions from partners of temporary visa holders (who are presently in NZ) – which was 17.74 per cent of the total requests received under different categories.