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It is managed by Immigration New Zealand under the Immigration Act 2009. The current SMC commenced on 9th October 2023, [1] replacing the previous SMC which suffered from lengthy processing delays prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Immigration New Zealand figures reportedly showing unprocessed skilled migrant applications jumping from 8,000 ...
New Zealand said on Wednesday it would free up its annual intake of highly skilled migrants and chart a faster route to giving them permanent residency, as rich nations compete to lure the best ...
On 28 February 2020, New Zealand confirmed its first case of COVID-19. [3] [4] At the daily 1 pm press conference on 14 March, Ardern announced that people entering New Zealand must go into a fortnight's self-isolation beginning on 16 March; people coming from Pacific Island nations were initially exempt from these restrictions. [5]
Immigration New Zealand is an agency within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment that is responsible for facilitating and regulating immigration, tourism, foreign students and workers, and foreign investment in New Zealand. Immigration NZ's other responsibilities include migrant attraction, visa facilitation, border protection ...
Migration to New Zealand surged after the country lowered COVID restrictions in 2022, allowing foreign workers to move to the country to fill labor shortages, particularly in lower-skilled jobs ...
New Zealand has tightened its visa rules, introducing language and skill criteria and shortening work permit lengths in response to “unsustainable net migration.”
According to the International Organization for Migration, a United Nations-affiliated agency, poverty is a major cause in the spread of COVID-19 among migrant populations in relation to citizens. Low-income migrant workers tend to live in crowded housing, perform strenuous work, and eat poorly, all of which put them at higher risk of ...
On 5 February, Immigration New Zealand confirmed that New Zealand's refugee resettlement programme, which had been suspended in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, would resume. The Government plans to resettled 210 refugees by 30 June 2021. Refugees will undergo a two-week stay in managed isolation. [27]