22/04/2020
Many overseas-based partners of New Zealanders (and NZ based temporary migrant workers) who were earlier caught-up in a sudden policy change in Immigration NZ's assessment of partnership visa applications are devastated by the recent border closures that have once again created another roadblock in joining their partners, albeit this time, despite having their visas genuinely approved.
The frustration and the anguish within a small, but a "real" community who had earlier in 2019 endured the sudden changes in the manner Immigration New Zealand processed partnership visa applications, that had resulted in abrupt rejections of thousands of applications, is once again flaring-up after they were deemed ineligible to get an exception from strict border controls in place as a response to the covid-19 pandemic.
Source: IWK
The New Zealand border is currently closed to almost all travellers to help stop the spread of COVID-19. While New Zealand citizens and permanent residents are allowed to travel to and enter New Zealand, a very minuscule number of people will be selective