The Government is modernising visa settings to attract experienced businesspeople to help grow New Zealand’s future.

The Government is introducing two new seasonal visa pathways to help New Zealand businesses access the workers they need during peak periods, while also prioritising jobs for New Zealanders. 

The Government’s going for growth in international education, releasing its plan to double the sector’s economic contribution to $7.2 billion by 2034. 

The Government is taking another step to strengthen the fiscal sustainability and integrity of the immigration system following the successful first reading of the Immigration (Fiscal Sustainability and System Integrity) Amendment Bill.

The Government is attracting new migrants to bring their capital, experience and skills to New Zealand with a flood of formal interest in the new 'golden’ visa.

The Government is boosting tourism and trade by making it simpler, faster and cheaper for Chinese nationals to transit via New Zealand.

The Government is boosting New Zealand’s attractiveness as a destination for Chinese tourists by improving visa settings and processes.

The Government is tackling talent shortages in manufacturing and boosting New Zealand’s economic recovery by fast-tracking residency for skilled tradespeople.

The Government is delivering on its commitment to support parents living offshore to visit and stay with their families in New Zealand for longer.

New Zealand is making it easier for people from across the Pacific to visit here, the Foreign Affairs and Immigration Ministers have announced.

The Government is strengthening health requirements for dependent children of people on temporary visas to ensure more consistency in the immigration system.

The Government is modernising visa settings to incentivise migrants to invest in New Zealand.

The Government is relaxing visitor visa requirements to allow tourists to work remotely while visiting New Zealand.

The Government is supporting businesses to secure the skills and experience New Zealand needs by continuing to refine the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV).

The Government has today taken steps to ensure New Zealand attracts and retains the workers and skills it needs by returning open work rights to partners of high-skilled migrants.

The Government’s responding to overseas members of the Mongols who are attempting to enter the country. 

The Government is ensuring New Zealand attracts and retains the workers and skills it needs by returning open work rights to partners of high-skilled migrants.

The Government is continuing to stabilise the immigration system by tightening the Migrant Exploitation Protection Work Visa (MEPV).

The coalition Government is providing immediate relief to employers with upcoming seasonal peaks by creating a new subcategory of the Specific Purpose Work Visa (SPWV).

This is a really fantastic opportunity for me, for the first time, to set out my priorities in the immigration portfolio and give you an insight into some of the important work that is going on at pace.