There’s another new immigration Visa on the way
It turns out that Jonathan Coleman, the immigration minister has come up with a new “Interim Visa” to cover the time between someones work visa runs out and INZ supplying a new one. Except its not available till next March.
”The new interim visa is a bonus for businesses. In most circumstances it provides continuity in the workplace as employers have the security of knowing their staff member can continue working legally while Immigration New Zealand processes their application,” Dr Coleman says. ”For some time temporary migrants have been falling through the gaps because in the period between applying for a new permit and receiving that permit, their legal immigration status has lapsed. Knowing they can maintain lawful status while applying for a new visa will provide peace of mind for migrants.”
Umm – but don’t some people get a short term work visa anyway to cover this? And I don’t want to seem picky(honestly – I really don’t), but why should we need a new Visa to be created? Why can’t it be as simple as INZ staff having the ability to extend the work visa already granted to cover this period? But anyway – while I feel another level of bureaucracy is never the best way to solve a problem – at least the problem is being dealt with. Again – something that can only make life easier for people who have emigrated to New Zealand.
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