Case Study

We submitted an appeal to the IPT on behalf of a client whose residence (skilled migrant category) application was declined. The client worked as the manager of the liquor department at a supermarket. The tribunal ruled in the client’s favor and recognized that the immigration officer’s assessment was not correct. Please click here to access the tribunal’s decision.

The applicant was a security guard in his home country and wanted to study Healthcare in New Zealand. He had applied for a student visa and immigration raised various concerns regarding his bonafide intention to remain in New Zealand as a student. This is because he was getting back to studies after almost 20 years and had no previous background in the field of study he wanted to study in New Zealand. Immigration New Zealand raised concerns regarding his bonafides, twice and we responded both times. With our assistance they were able to get their visa application approved.

This client was working as a construction worker on a work visa in the UK. He had previously started to study a Bachelor’s degree in the UK but quit it after just one semester. He had applied to study a healthcare course in NZ. INZ interviewed him and raised several concerns regarding his previous education, employment, and knowledge about the current course. We responded to two PPIs on his behalf and eventually his visa was approved.

This applicant had been previously declined a student and a visitor visa before she came to us. The first time she applied to study a PG Dip in Management at AUT. This was not a suitable course for her. INZ had also raised concerns that she did not have sufficient funds for maintenance. After seeing her profile we recommended her to enrol in a teaching program and eventually got her student visa approved. Today, she is an ECE teacher and on the way to gaining residence.

This applicant was an Indian citizen, unmarried and unemployed. She wanted to come to New Zealand to visit her cousin brother and look after his new-born baby. INZ declined this application because the applicant did not have sufficient personal and occupational commitments in India. We discussed her scenario with the relevant Immigration Manager and explained our client’s situation. On their advice, we submitting a new application and it was approved within two days.

A client had visited New Zealand in 2019 to meet his partner (who was then just a friend). In 2022, they approached us with a declined general visitor visa application. We submitted another general visitor visa application which was declined. When we requested the case officer’s notes under the Official Information Act, we noted various lapses in the processing of the application. We submitted two more visitor visa applications which were also declined.

We then contacted the Practice Leads of the Henderson branch and argued that the decision to decline our client’s most recent application was incorrect because we had responded to all the concerns raised by INZ. They asked us to submit another visitor visa application and finally our client got fourth time lucky.

It was important for him to be able to come to New Zealand because his partner was not able to get time off from work to meet him in his home country and get married there. They had never lived together and their relationship was long-distance with an almost 15-year age gap between them, this was an uphill task from day 1.

This application was successful purely because of our expertise in interpreting immigration instructions, ability to lock horns with INZ when they are wrong, and the ability to guide the client to submit only relevant evidence.

This client came to us after his General Visitor Visa application had been declined as INZ believed he did not have strong incentive to return to India. His wife and 12-month old baby were already in NZ on general visitor visas. We represented him for his second general visitor visa application and submitted additional evidence in his favour, leading to an approval.