New Zealand border and security policy summary
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13:00 29/05/2006
The 2006 Budget has included an additional NZ$16 million over four years to further increase border and security issues. New Zealand continues to aggressively recruit foreign workers for many skills...
Sri Lankan girl given UN Refugee Status after NZ deportation
19:47 27/03/2006
A Sri-Lankan teenager who was refused aslum by the New Zealand governement and deported in handcuffs under heavy sedation has been granted refugee status by the United Nations. The young woman was...
New Zealand immigration rules blamed for IT skill shortage
11:06 06/06/2005
The New Zealand Immigration Service is worsening the country's IT skills shortage by refusing to acknowledge industry qualifications, according to the Information Technology Association. Jim O'Neill...
New Zealand - NZIS lowers pass mark to 100 points
15:57 01/09/2004
For the first time since the new skilled migrant programme was launched in December 2003, the New Zealand Immigration Service has lowered the pass mark to 100 points. This means that people who score...
Migration to New Zealand becomes more difficult
17:12 10/10/2003
New Zealand has made what can arguably be considered the most dramatic changes to its immigration policy in a decade when the New Zealand Immigration Service increased requirements that immigrants...
NZIS raises pass mark for September (again)
16:41 01/09/2002
Due to ever-increasing migration applications for New Zealand, the New Zealand Immigration Service has again increased the current pass mark for General Skills migration visas from 28 to 29 for the...
