Investor visas, skilled migration, study planning and settling in. These four run on overlapping timelines, so we map all of them at the first consultation rather than one at a time.
They rarely occur in isolation. Most families use two or three, which is why we set out the full sequence at the first meeting.
There are four main routes: investment, skilled migration, employer sponsorship and family. We check eligibility first, then choose the route. We don't file cases we don't believe in.
Primary, secondary, university and postgraduate. When we choose a school we look at the visa and work pathway after graduation, not just the offer.
Short placements, summer programmes and language schools. For families still deciding — let your child actually spend time here first.
The house is found and the lease signed before you arrive, with furniture, appliances, power and internet already in place. On arrival, you put the bags down and you're home.
Started by one family, for the next
Our first case was our own family. Having done it once, we learned that what holds families up is not a lack of information,
but not knowing which part of it applies to them. That is the work.
We do not promise outcomes. We undertake that every application will meet the standard required to file, and that where a case is uncertain we will identify precisely where.
about 1/3 of New Zealand investor-visa cases from Taiwan are handled by Jomel
Economic Daily News · interview, August 2026Investor visas are where our experience runs deepest — from assembling source-of-funds evidence and choosing investments, through to the transfer milestones after approval. We have been through enough of these cases to have found the potholes already.
Our office is in Albany, Auckland. School visits can be arranged, we view houses in person on your behalf, and we furnish them. An agency operating from overseas cannot do those things.
And under New Zealand law, anyone giving immigration advice must hold an IAA licence. A licence means the adviser has a registration number you can look up, and that you have a formal complaints channel if something goes wrong.
The investment total and case count are Jomel’s own figures, current to September 2026. The visa count and the one-in-three figure are from the Economic Daily News interview of August 2026. Outcomes depend on each applicant’s circumstances and on Immigration New Zealand’s assessment; we do not guarantee any application result.
An extremely thorough team. From the first video call clarifying what I needed, they told me they would record the conversation so it could be reviewed and used to plan properly. I approached more than five agencies about studying and migrating, and this was the one whose planning felt most complete. They worked seriously through my education and work background to analyse the situation in New Zealand and which fields and jobs would suit me best, and later showed me routes I hadn't known existed, along with schools and programmes no one else had mentioned. They also explained where New Zealand's advantages actually lie, and shared plenty of other cases and their own experience. I genuinely recommend them.
We chose New Zealand while planning our child's path but had no experience of studying abroad ourselves. We're very grateful for the advice and experience Jomel shared with my wife and me in the first free consultation — it changed our original plan considerably. Jomel began as one family, and the services they described are all organised around the family as the unit, which gave us a much fuller way of thinking about an uncertain road.
We'd used an agency in Taiwan to apply to a school, but studying abroad is not simply a matter of the application — there are visas, dealing with the school, and the question of the children's progression. I'm very grateful to Samantha for taking on my case midway and giving me something to lean on: she explained in detail what to watch for and spent a great deal of time talking with me. The four of us leave for New Zealand in a few months. I was very anxious about renting and buying a car, and Samantha sorted each of them out. Leave the professional things to professionals — I'm very glad Jomel is there.
Thank you to Samantha for answering my questions in detail throughout the planning and for making me feel secure — whenever I got anxious she replied straight away. When we had new ideas she talked them through with us and gave her professional view and experience. Over the past year, with Samantha, Neil and Melvin, we've watched the dream come closer and moved forward on firmer ground. I'm about to set out on this road with my three-year-old daughter. Thank you to everyone at Jomel.
I'd been to other agents before, but it felt like they were simply processing paperwork without much care, and I ended up taking a lot of wrong turns. Jomel felt completely different. They were warm from the free consultation onward and gave professional advice based on my situation, explaining programmes, changing visas and scholarship possibilities clearly enough that I felt reassured. What stood out was how seriously they analysed which school and which programme would connect best with my work experience, laying the groundwork for the migration route later on.
The preparation beforehand was tedious, but with Neil checking every document carefully, the three of us had our Resident Visa within a month. Many thanks to Samantha and Neil.
Thank you for the consultation — very professional, and it gave us different ways of thinking about it. Recommended for anyone who doesn't know where to start.
The first consultation gave me a clearer outline for planning the next step. Very clear and friendly.
A thorough consultation that gave us a different perspective on studying abroad.
Reviews are posted by clients on Google and are reproduced unedited; the English here is a translation of the Chinese original. Processing times and outcomes depend on the individual case and on Immigration New Zealand's assessment, and are not indicative of other applications.
Fees and timelines are set out at the start. You should not have to pay to find out whether you have a case.
Four common starting points. Pick the one closest to your situation and the steps and timeline for that route will appear below.
Figures shown with a dotted underline are policy settings. Actual thresholds and amounts are those published by Immigration New Zealand at the time you apply.
School visits with principals on how international students are supported, families after arrival, and clients who have completed the process. The player loads only on click.
School information is easy to find; knowing which option suits you is not. Working back from career direction and existing experience — and when we advise against going ahead.
A mother of two on why she chose New Zealand over the United States and Australia, how she decided who to trust, and what happened at school after they arrived. The letter in full.
11 Sep Auckland, 18 Sep Waikato and Cambridge, 25 Sep North and South Island. Preparing for the February 2027 intake. Online and free.
It depends on the route. Investor categories are comparatively relaxed about the principal applicant's English, while skilled migration and student visas have explicit language thresholds. At the first consultation we establish which route you're on, then decide whether English is really the obstacle. Often it isn't.
There's no single answer. It depends on how much Chinese you want your child to keep and how long you intend to accompany them. Primary age absorbs language fastest but needs a parent here; at secondary age a homestay is possible and the transition into tertiary study is closer. We set out the visas and costs for both scenarios side by side.
Investor cases are usually measured in years from document preparation to residence. Skilled cases depend heavily on how quickly a job offer comes. If any agency gives you an exact number of months before seeing your documents, that number isn't worth anything.
By service, in stages, with the full amount and payment points set out in the written pathway proposal. Immigration New Zealand fees and third-party costs (medicals, police certificates, translation, certification) are separate, and we mark clearly which of those we merely collect on someone else's behalf.
The IAA is the Immigration Advisers Authority. Under New Zealand law, with limited exemptions, anyone giving New Zealand immigration advice must hold an IAA licence. Licensed advisers have a registration number on a public register, are bound by a code of conduct, and clients have a formal complaints channel.
Yes. Most clients complete the first three stages before leaving; consultations and document exchange are done online and don't require you to be in New Zealand. We also hold seminars overseas from time to time.
No sales pitch and nothing to sign. We assess your circumstances against current policy and tell you which route is viable and which we would not recommend at this stage. You are then free to consider it.
The form takes about two minutes. We reply within one working day to arrange a time.
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