Kiribati man's climate change asylum bid fails
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9:46 02/12/2013
New Zealand's High Court has rejected a claim that a Kiribati man was effectively a refugee because of climate change. Ioane Teitiota was appealing against the decision of an immigration tribunal to...
Australia opens new Visa Application Centre in Vanuatu
9:10 26/04/2012
Australian immigration has opened a new Australian Visa Application Centre (AVAC) for visa applicants in Vanuatu. The new AVAC is located on the ground floor of the Rossi Ocean Walk. This will make...
US immigration adds more countries to list of eligible applicants for H-2A and H-2B visas
19:38 24/01/2012
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced last week that there have been five more countries added to the list of eligible nationals who can participate in the H-2A and H-2B programs...
Australia and NZ Immigration and Climate Change
10:53 19/08/2008
• Media Center » Video Immigration News Over one hundred non-governmental organizations from across the Pacific Islands region have written a letter to the leaders of Australia and New Zealand urging...
Australia must accept unskilled workers
16:47 27/01/2006
Australia will have to accept tens of thousands of unskilled migrants to save its smaller Pacific island neighbours from economic ruin, a report commissioned by the Federal Government has found. The...
New Zealand has new work permit policy for Samoa and PAC
15:49 05/01/2006
A new work permit policy came into effect on 19 December 2005 in New Zealand specifically for Samoans and Pacific Islanders. Under the new work permit policy, people from Samoa and the four Pacific...