Immigration New Zealand is still misleading people about Work To Residence Visas.
Lincoln Tan is reporting on the continuing trauma being caused to people who are being led to believe that a Work To Residence Visa will automatically mean you get Permanent Residency.
It won’t. And this is a prime example of why outlawing blogs like this is morally repugnant. INZ are misleading people, and it’s illegal to advise people what they should be doing. The Immigration minister should hang his head in shame.
The agency issued 2261 work-to-residence visas and permits last year despite 44 per cent of those immigrants already here on such visas failing to find employment.
But Agnes Granada of the Migrant Action Trust said the system was frivolous and totally irresponsible because it was destroying people’s lives.
“The work-to-residence permit is not a straight work permit, and migrants come here on the promise of permanency once they can get employment – but when there are no jobs for them, it becomes a trap.”
Make sure you too are not misled by either INZ itself, or your “licensed immigration advisor”. It is not in their interests to ensure that you understand what a work to residence visa is. They want your money, and if you get stuck here having sold everything up to make the move – you will find you are on your own.
Please, please, please understand that until you have Permanent residency – you do not have permanent residency.
It’s as simple as that. No matter what you are told by INZ or Advisors – that’s the simple fact. A work to Residency visa, work visa, or silver fern visa is NOT a residency visa. If you have any of those – be exceedingly careful of selling up everything, and be prepared to lose the lot if you do not keep some funds back to get home. Because INZ won’t give a toss about you once you have to go home.
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