Essential workers leaving Aotearoa for other open doors to residency stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Many Recognised Seasonal Employers expect they will struggle to survive the 2021-2022 season unless they can increase their workforce, a researcher says.
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Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi has rebuffed Breakfast host John Campbell s suggestions the expressions of interest queue for residency is a bit of a shambles .
Your playlist will load after this ad Kris Faafoi rebuffed Breakfast host John Campbell s suggestion the situation is a bit of shambles and Labour is flat-footed . Source: Breakfast
Expressions of interest (EOI) for the Skilled Migrant Category visa which enables those 55 and under who are selected and their families to live in New Zealand indefinitely has been frozen since April 2020.
The backlog stands at about 12,000 EOIs for those who are already here, while there are about 1500 applications from people offshore.
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“Dealing with an inconsistent immigration system,” biggest pain story shared at Auckland Migrant protest Thursday, July 15, 2021 Sandeep Singh
Dealing with an inconsistent immigration system where rules are being changed almost arbitrarily, without giving any certainty to a vast number of temporary migrants in the country, along with the insensitivity of the bureaucratic system, were some of the main pain points shared by a large number of migrant workers protesting in Auckland last weekend.
Hundreds of temporary migrants, mostly work visa holders, with main grievances of being in limbo for years, either for sharing family separation due to closed borders or languishing in long processing queues of residency under the Skilled Migrant Category, had come together on Sunday, July 11 under the umbrella of Federation of Migrants.