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InsightsEvery change in New Zealand immigration policy and every difficulty we meet in practice gets written up here so you can look it up. Each piece carries a name, because immigration advice carries responsibility.
Not the amount — the chain of evidence behind the money. Five gaps we see most often in real cases, and what can be done about each.
Read on“The hard part of an investor visa was never the amount. It's whether you can account for where the money came from.”
See alsoVideos: school visits, settling in, and clients in their own words.
The TICA migration, study and investment fair at the Taipei International Convention Center on 7–8 November, and an Active Investor Plus seminar at the Palais de Chine Hotel on 15 November that also covers the Business Investor Visa. Both by registration.
Six online sessions in October. Representatives from Lincoln, Auckland, Otago, Victoria University of Wellington, Canterbury and Massey on choosing a subject and where it leads, plus the post-study work visa and skilled migration.
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.
Whether an agency deals with the school directly or passes everything down a chain decides how quickly documents, date changes and emergencies get handled. Also: what it can't do.
11 Sep Auckland, 18 Sep Waikato and Cambridge, 25 Sep North and South Island. Preparing for the February 2027 intake. Online and free.
The difference is more than NZ$5m versus NZ$10m. Looking at lock-in period, days required in the country and investment flexibility, and which category suits three common situations.
There is no fixed look-back period, because what's being traced is how the asset was formed. Starting from a property sale that had to be traced back fifteen years.
Beyond the figure in the article: how these cases actually go through, why an investor visa is also a financial matter, and the three places applicants get stuck.
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What a campus is actually like, how schools look after international students, how families get on after they arrive — hard things to convey in writing. All filmed or recorded by us. The player loads only when you click.
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Filmed by Jomel or supplied by the schools themselves. They reflect each speaker's own experience and each school's circumstances at the time. Courses, places and fees are as published by each school at the time you apply. The videos also sit on the Study, Settling In, ImmigrationandInvestor Visapages.
Articles describe the general rule; your family's circumstances are what matter. The first 20 minutes are free, assessed by an IAA-licensed adviser. No pitch, no contract.
Fill in the form for a full assessment, or add us on LINE if you just want to ask one or two things.
If another adviser already holds your case, or you have filed it yourself, please complete or formally end that engagement before contacting us — two parties on one application creates conflicting records and unclear responsibility.
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