Services
New Zealand immigration services from Deson
Destination Immigration Consultancy provides expert immigration advice and assistance with New Zealand visa applications. Our Palmerston North and Auckland immigration consultants have provided immigration support and help with New Zealand visas, appeals and residency applications to migrants from China since 1996.
Our team of immigration advisors and support staff will work with you to get the best outcome for your immigration application. Our team are there to walk the immigration journey with you and take the worry and pressure away.
As part of our extended immigration services, we also assist our clients with settling into life in New Zealand once their NZ visa applications have been approved. The team at Deson will help you make the adjustments so your migration to New Zealand is the rewarding and fulfilling experience you had hoped for.
Dr Steven Gong, the Director
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To speak to one of our immigration advisory team at our Auckland office call 09 4788 666
NZ student visas
Education is New Zealand’s the fourth largest export industry. The New Zealand government’s education policies, and the institutions that implement the policies, are well established, reliable and independently monitored. Schools, universities, technical institutes and trades training establishments are all recruiting students from overseas.
Deson caters for two categories of student visa applications:
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Deson can provide or facilitate students intending to come to New Zealand to study with:
- Assistance to choose a teaching institution, and a suitable course to follow or qualification to gain.
To enable students to pursue a career or reach the educational goals they have set themselves;
Assistance with the preparation of application for a student visa from Immigration New Zealand offshore branches.– This can be frustrating and problematic experience without professional advice; - Pastoral care and follow-up service after arrival.
Knowing that that their children have adequate support while living and studying in New Zealand which will provide a safe study environment for the students, and peace-of-mind for parents; - Regular contact and liaison with the teaching institution of choice.
It is extremely important for students and their parents to know how they are progressing with their studies and with their integration into New Zealand society. Problems that are identified and addressed early are problems that can be solved.
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Deson can help students who are already in New Zealand with:
- Student visa extension; in many cases the original visa will require extension or modification of conditions to allow for changing circumstances;
- Study course modification; it is common for students to realise that their initial preference was misplaced or has changed, both with regard to their course and to the institution. Extensive negotiations are often necessary and we have the contacts are experienced in achieving a favourable outcome.
Deson have been working very closely with the principal of International Student Education New Zealand (ISENZ) for student enrollment and pastoral care service, and we have found that all our student clients have benefited from the expertise and experience of the principal of ISENZ within the education industry.
Visitor visas
Deson can help you for visa issues if you:
- are planning to have a holiday in New Zealand;
- wish to visit family and friends in New Zealand;
- wish to extend your staying time in New Zealand;
- wish to bring your partner or friend to New Zealand to join you;
- investigating a business or investment opportunity in New Zealand, with an ultimate plan to apply for residence.
Work visas
Citizens of most other countries who wish to work in New Zealand need to apply for a work visa. There is a complicated array, under various government policies, of work visa categories to enable this, and it can be a complicated, frustrating and problematic to negotiate the rules and regulations associated with each.
Deson, with comprehensive experience and professional knowledge, our New Zealand immigration services can certainly help you with obtaining your work visa. It is extremely important for people to understand very clearly that it is illegal to work for wages or salary in New Zealand without an appropriate and valid visa. The consequences can be very serious to both the workers and the employers.
Partnership work visas and residence visas
People who have a relationship with a New Zealand residence visa holder or New Zealand citizen may be eligible for a partnership visa. Many categories of visitor, work or residence visa, are available for partners, depending on the circumstances.
Deson will assess your situation and your partner’s circumstances carefully, and assist you to come to, or stay in New Zealand.
Parents’ residence visas
The policy requirement of this category relates highly to the income level of the sponsor or sponsor/partner. As some of the sponsors are self-employed, this can be a potential difficulty towards to the success of the application without assistance from the knowledgeable and experienced advisors.
If you are intending to apply for residence for your parents, we will be able to assess your situation against the applicable instructions and provide our advice to help you on this regard.
Skilled migration category residence visa (SMC)
Immigration New Zealand adopts a ‘points system’ to assess a potential migrant’s eligibility under SMC to be invited to apply for residence. Points are awarded for age, work experience, employability, and qualifications.
This has been one of most popular pathways towards New Zealand residence, and the major requirements are:
- to have a skilled employment or job offer in New Zealand;
- to be able to meet English language requirements through the various alternative ways;
Of course the applicant will need to meet age (55 or under), health and character requirements.
As a basic rule under the current circumstance, if you have got a skilled employment job offer in New Zealand, you will have sufficient points to be invited to apply. This means that you will not have enough points without skilled employment or job offer, no matter what sort of points you can attract from other factors, such as qualifications, work experience, or your partner’s qualification.
SMC residence is suitable for the following people
- those who are tertiary graduates
- those who have been working in New Zealand for a number of years on a skilled employment visa, such as chef, baker, builder, carpenter, tiler and tradespeople; or
- who have got tertiary qualifications from the countries where English is the medium of education instruction, and have got the potential to be employed or offered a job by a prospective employer in New Zealand.
Work to residence visa
Work to residence is initially a temporary work visa granted under Long Term Skill Shortage List (LTSSL) for 30 months which can lead to New Zealand permanent residence without any English language requirement after working on this visa for at least 24 months.
The attractiveness and major advantage of this visa type is that it has no English language requirement, in contrast to SMC which does.
Business residence visas
The New Zealand government first introduced a business migration policy in 1998. There were three categories of residence visa: Investor, Long Term Business and Entrepreneur.
Dr Gong was a pioneer in business migration and helped many Chinese applicants come to New Zealand to establish a successful business, gain residence, and eventually become citizens.
In 2002, the introduction of a stringent English language requirement excluded many Chinese business applicants, but by this time Deson had built up a unique expertise in all aspects of business in New Zealand. In particular, Dr Gong had gained a reputation for an outstanding success rate, for timeliness, for thoroughness, and for a unique understanding of the complex rules and procedures involved in business migration. Many applicants have benefited from Dr Gong’s experience and his updated skills and knowledge of business migration.
Business migration residence visa involves the following categories:
- Investor residence visa
- Entrepreneur work visa
- Entrepreneur residence visa.
Business set up and operational advice on an on-going basis
Our New Zealand immigration services don’t just stop after your visa has been approved. To establish and run a business in a new country with a different language and business environment can be very challenging, frustrating and problematic sometimes. At Deson, we know that the approval of an Entrepreneur Work Visa is just the first step towards the goal of residence. By providing the necessary consultancy services for business establishment and operation in New Zealand on an on-going basis, we can assist clients to continue to prosper and consolidate.
The business consultants at Deson have the qualifications, experience and on-the-job training to provide quality advice. When you need specialist help, we have the contacts to refer you to appropriate professionals.
New Zealand settlement services
Settling in a new country can be a complex, bewildering and often frustrating process. As part of our New Zealand immigration services, the team at Deson can help you make the adjustments that will make your immigration to New Zealand the rewarding and fulfilling experience that you hoped for when you decided to migrate.
We can help arrange your children’s schooling, introduce you to banking options, and enable you to understand taxation obligations. We can help you find accommodation and get used to the shopping environment to buy your food, clothing and other necessities. You may wish to find new friends and become in involved in the community and we can help with that too.
Our marketing strategy and our mission
We at Deson believe that the best and most effective path to success in business, is when successful and satisfied clients generate word-of-mouth referrals. In our business with you, our mission is for you to become ambassadors for us, because of the satisfaction you find with our services.