Media releases

The immigration system is facing an unprecedented challenge as New Zealand continues to respond to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

New Zealand’s Refugee Quota Programme is resuming with small groups of refugee families beginning to arrive for resettlement in February 2021.

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is using unspent deportations budget to help repatriate foreign nationals who are stuck in New Zealand and facing extreme hardship.

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) and New Zealand Police welcome the jail sentence and substantial reparations handed down in a major human trafficking and slavery case.

World Refugee Day on 20 June 2020 coincides with 118 former refugees leaving the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre, after spending the last few months in lockdown together.

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) can confirm that two individuals who arrived in New Zealand yesterday morning from South East Asia and failed to comply with the requirements to self-isolate have been made liable for deportation under the Immigration Act.

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) says today’s guilty verdicts in a significant slavery and human trafficking trial at the High Court in Napier demonstrate that this kind of abhorrent behaviour by employers will not be tolerated.

Ace Steel Beam Limited and its sole director, Linan Sun, have been charged and fined for breaches of the Immigration Act 2009 for illegal employment of migrant workers.

A woman who provided false information to get a visa for her child has been sentenced to eight months home detention.

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is congratulating 10 local councils and their communities for their success in the Welcoming Communities programme.

A group of eight Chinese nationals working unlawfully in the construction industry have been deported following an investigation and compliance action by Immigration New Zealand (INZ).

We have contracted 3 organisations to provide refugee settlement support services in 5 new locations.

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is concerned about the number of unauthorised third party visa websites overcharging visitors to New Zealand.

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is encouraged by the number of travellers who have requested their NZeTA (New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority) ahead of it becoming mandatory from 1 October 2019.

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is warning there will be rigorous prosecution of employers who exploit migrants.

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) and Education New Zealand (ENZ) have agreed to an industry and agent engagement programme to grow high-quality student enrolments from the Vietnam market and deter fraud.

Immigration New Zealand has found a number of migrants working unlawfully in the sex industry, but no evidence of exploitation.

Since the Christchurch Mosque attacks on 15 March 2019, Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has been committed to trying to relieve some of the stress and anxiety in the Christchurch Muslim community around immigration issues by providing immigration support and assistance to victims of the attacks and their families.

The eleventh annual survey shows the positive effects of the RSE scheme on regional communities and businesses

The New Zealand Pacific Access Category quotas will be drawn by ballot today.

A Bangladeshi couple who are New Zealand citizens have been jailed after being found guilty of multiple charges of migrant exploitation.

Ashburton has been selected as the sixth new refugee settlement location following the Government’s decision to increase the annual refugee quota to 1,500 places from July 2020.

The first New Zealand Private Training Establishment (PTE) has been convicted of immigration fraud in the Auckland District Court and fined $40,000.

Citizens of Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Fiji are encouraged to register for this year’s ballot under the Samoan Quota and Pacific Access Category, which takes place between 1 and 30 April.

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) will prioritise processing for the families of the people killed or injured in the mass shootings in Christchurch on Friday.

A Bangladeshi couple who are New Zealand citizens have been found guilty on a number of exploitation and other immigration related charges.

A married Bangladeshi couple who are New Zealand citizens, will appear before the Auckland District Court next Monday, 11 February 2019 on charges of human trafficking, exploitation and other immigration related charges.

Immigration New Zealand’s work at the border is showcased in the latest annual Year at the Border report.