Julia Strickett

Feb 15, 2024 | lexology.com | Mark Williams |Rachael Mason |Julia Strickett |Sarah Kirkwood

Many employers will be aware that the Immigration New Zealand (INZ) approach regarding multi-location Job Check applications has been a little confusing, and on occasion inconsistent. In response, INZ will soon be offering a ‘micro-webinar’ to confirm their approach on this.

Oct 18, 2023 | lexology.com | Mark Williams |Rachael Mason |Julia Strickett

New Zealand has gone to the polls and voted for change. What will this swing to the right mean for New Zealand’s immigration settings? As at 17 October, National and ACT’s combined take results in 61 out of 122 seats, just enough to govern together (which they have already agreed to do). However, the final outcome of the election won’t be known until early November when all approximately 500,000 special votes have been counted.

Oct 13, 2023 | hcamag.com | Mark Williams |Rachael Mason |Julia Strickett |Andrew Shaw

Amended legislation makes it easier to penalize non-compliant employers New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) recently confirmed to us under the Official Information Act 1982 that INZ increased its workplace site visits by 32 per cent, and the Labour Inspectorate increased its workplace investigations by 120 per cent in the six months up to 31 July 2023, compared with the six months prior.

Sep 10, 2023 | lexology.com | Mark Williams |Rachael Mason |Julia Strickett |Caroline Coates

On Friday 1 September Immigration New Zealand (INZ) released Amendment Circular No. 2023-26, a complex piece of policy which will have far-reaching consequences for new visa applications, including historical findings that a visa applicant has provided false, misleading or withheld information in the past. We set out below our thoughts on this significant change in approach, which is set to come into effect for all visa applications made from 25 September 2023.

Sep 6, 2023 | lexology.com | Mark Williams |Rachael Mason |Julia Strickett

Last month saw the end of an era, with the last Expression of Interest (EOI) selection taking place on 16 August 2023 under the previous Skilled Migrant Category (SMC) policy.