Case Studies
Gaining Residency For New Zealand
Read how we have helped migrants get New Zealand residence visas, even after they’ve been declined. Call 09 4788 666 for effective NZ immigration advisors who are experienced in dealing with complicated residence visa application cases, including reconsiderations and appeals. We walk the immigration journey with our clients to take the worry and pressure away.
Advising on immigration pathways
Like many parents in China, Mrs Li and her husband started thinking about migrating after their child was born. They both have jobs with decent incomes in Shanghai China, being stressful and busy most of the time. Mrs Li is an experienced school administrator for a very popular international school in Shanghai while her husband is a senior sales manager at Toyota 4S shop. They would pursue a higher quality life in a country like New Zealand, with a peaceful environment and equal opportunities for everyone on this land. They found us in 2018 when their child was four and were looking to move to New Zealand to live within one year.
After a thorough assessment on the couple’s age, qualifications and work experience, we provided them tailored and detailed immigration advice to guide them through their pathway towards residence. After two months of landing in New Zealand on visitor visas, the couple both got work visas in 2019 and their child started primary school as a domestic student (free of tuition fee) at the age of five. We lodged the family’s residence visas on May 2019 and their residency for New Zealand was approved at the end of 2020.
Responding to Potential Prejudicial Information (PPI)
Mrs Z applied for an offshore general visitor visa by herself in China and declared herself as single but married her husband 2 days later after submitting the visitor visa application. After arrived in NZ, she submitted a partnership work visa application, was questioned by INZ that she provided false and misleading information of her partnership status and other inconsistent information, which led to a character issues. Mrs Z approached us after she had received a PPI letter. We explained the situation and Mrs Z provided persuasive evidence under our instruction. This application has been approved.
Arguing with Immigration New Zealand for discretional evidence
Ms L is a retail manager who submitted her Skilled Migrant Category resident visa in 2019. Despite the fact that Ms L is holding a New Zealand master’s degree which would normally exempt her from having an IELTS test with overall score of 6.5, her case officer still requested an IELTS report. Ms L never did an IELTS test before and had no idea how to prepare for it. It would have taken her at least three months to prepare for and make the appointment for the test. After a through discussion with Ms L, we presented the overall circumstances of Ms L to her case officer, who was convinced and waived the request of IELTS. Ms L’s residency for New Zealand was soon approved.
Requesting reconsideration of declined temporary class visa application
Mr Y is a chef. He arrived in NZ in 2018 with work visa and has been working in a big restaurant since then. He submitted WTR (LTSSL) application after obtaining a NZ recognised cookery qualification with us in 2019. The application was initially declined, as the immigration officer considered his position as a cook rather than a chef. We lodged a reconsideration of this declined visa, precisely pointed out INZ’s incorrect interpretation of instructions, and the reconsideration has been approved. Mr Y is preparing his resident visa application now.
Appealing a declined resident visa application at the Immigration & Protection Tribunal (IPT)
Ms M is a motel manager who applied for a Skilled Migrant Category residencet visa in 2019 with an assistance of another advisor. Her application was declined in in- late 2020 as Immigration New Zealand considered that her position was not a substantial match to the claimed occupation, and subsequently she did not have enough points to be approved. We assessed Ms M’s rejection letter and identified that the argument on which that Immigration New Zealand’s (INZ’s) declininge decision was based on was flawed. We therefore submitted the appeal to the Immigration and Protection Tribunal (IPT) with statements and relevant evidence, and later IPT decided the appeal was successful and ordered INZ to re-assess Ms M’s application, which resulted an approval decision in early 2021.