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An immigration lawyer says the latest changes to the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) Scheme will make it more onerous for Kiwi employers to fill lower-skilled roles, as well as blow out processing times for Job Checks and visa applications.
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Rule change means Pinu Raja and his family should finally be able to settle into their lives in New Zealand.
Now 33, Compton-Cook is upfront about her past. “As a teenager, I wasn’t the best. I went to [juvenile detention] for burglary when I was 16, and continued on the wrong path until my early 20s.” There were also charges of theft, breaking and entering, and assaulting a constable. “I regret it every day,” she said. In her 20s Compton-Cook was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. The diagnosis opened up avenues for help, and she attended anger management sessions and sought help for anxiety and depression. “There were things that happened in my childhood that caused ...