Covid 19: Immigration Minister’s Special powers to be extended for two more years till May 2023
Covid 19: Immigration Minister’s Special powers to be extended for two more years till May 2023
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Sandeep Singh
The special powers given to the Immigration Minister under a special law Immigration (COVID-19 Response) Amendment ACT 2020 will be extended for two more years till May 2023.
Immigration Minister Kris Fafooi has introduced a new bill in the parliament today.
“Over the past year, we have had to make rapid decisions to vary visa conditions, extend expiry dates, and waive some application requirements across entire visa categories. These decisions have provided more flexibility and certainty to visa holders and employers in New Zealand, and made more migrants available for industries facing labour shortages in a time when New Zealand’s Covid-19 health response needed our borders to be closed,” said Kris Faafoi.