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8 NEW ZEALAND New Windsor now part of Mt Roskill Electorate this election I am delighted the Mt Roskill electorate will include New Windsor and the main western boundary will be Whitney St. Go to www.vote.nz for detailed information. Dr Parmjeet Parmar National List MP based in Mt Roskill 09 620 6707 parmjeet.parmar@ parliament.govt.nz Funded by the Parliamentary Service. Authorised by Parmjeet Parmar MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington. Friday, October 02, 2020 The Indian Weekender Immigration NZ does not have data on the number of 'General Visitor Visas based on relationship' issued • From Page 6 This practice was arbitrarily stopped in May 2019 by the Immigration NZ’s Mumbai office, in order to get rid of burgeoning processing queues, which resulted in mass rejections of visas, resulting in media scrutiny and intervention by the government. Since then, however, the issue has not been fixed completely, and a gap between Wellington-based head offices of INZ and the frontline visa processing officers have remained, and the process has quietly reverted to the pre-May 2019 system, where GVV based on relationship visas were issued. Border closure have disadvantaged “General visitor visa based on relationship” Unfortunately, these “GVV based on relationships” are not treated as par or equal to partnership visas, despite having been issued to couples, and are not allowed to enter NZ, even when travelling with their NZ based partners (citizens and residents). That disadvantage persists even after Immigration Minister’s latest announcement on September 14 in an interview with the Indian Weekender allowing partners of NZ citizens & residents from non-visa waiver countries to be eligible for an exception to enter the country. To be fair to Immigration NZ, it is indeed not possible to find numbers of general visitor visas issued on the basis of relationships, as many industry stakeholders concur, purely because INZ is not collecting data in that way. “General visitor visas are visitor visas, regardless of the basis on which they are issued by INZ. So its completely understandable why INZ could not produce accurate figures on GVV based on relationship,” a prominent Immigration Lawyer told the Indian Weekender. However, that does not takes away the gross discrimination meted out to partners of Indian- New Zealanders who are currently punished by the immigration system purely for following their own cultural practices when marrying with their partners, and being denied the same border exceptions that are available to people of other ethnicities. • IMMIGRATION LAW • CRIMINAL LAW • FAMILY LAW • EMPLOYMENT LAW • PROPERTY LAW • WILLS & TRUSTS Winner of Indian Business Award 2018 • Supreme Business of the year •Excellence in marketing • Best Young Entrepreneur of the Year • Businesswoman of the year(Special award) Winner of Indian Business Awards 2017 • Best Employer of choice • Best Medium-sized Business Winner of Indian Business Awards 2016 • Best Businesswoman of the year * Terms & conditions apply Raj and Ashima Singh • 31, East Tamaki Road, Level–1 Papatoetoe, Auckland.Ph: +64 9 2799439 | 02102417161 | Fax: +64 9 2799419 • PO BOX 23445, Hunters Corner, Papatoetoe, Auckland. 2025 (Above Bank Of India) | www.legalassociates.co.nz CONTACT US AT: RAJ:raj@legalassociates.co.nz / ASHIMA: ashima@legalassociates.co.nz LEGAL CLINIC FREE 2-hour legal consultation. Saturday - 10 am to 12 pm
The Indian Weekender Friday, October 02, 2020 NEW ZEALAND 9 Kiwis trust National to rebuild our economy Kanwaljit Bakshi Member of Parliament and Spokesperson for Ethnic Communities, National Party Only a party vote for National will change our future and get New Zealand back on track. In this morning’s New Zealand Herald, polling showed 43 per cent of New Zealanders trust National to rebuild the economy – ahead of Labour on 39 per cent. That’s because Judith Collins and National have a strong economic plan that will grow the economy and create jobs. National’s Economic and Fiscal Plan will put more money into Kiwis’ back pockets, while encouraging businesses to invest and create jobs. The National Party is rising in the polls and Labour is sliding fast. We have the momentum. We are gaining support daily. Our plan is clear and comprehensive. Labour haven’t released theirs because they know it won’t be credible. Our plan will put more money into Kiwis’ back pockets, while encouraging businesses to invest and create jobs. We will provide a 16 month temporary cut to income tax that will put money in millions of New Zealanders’ pockets – stimulating our economy and getting people back to work. National has a comprehensive five point plan to deal with the economic and jobs crisis: • Responsible economic management • Delivering infrastructure • Reskilling and retraining our workforce • A greener, smarter future • Building stronger communities. The next National Government will back the Serious Fraud Office to do more to stamp out corruption. We will double its budget to $25 million a year and change its name to the Serious Fraud and Anti-Corruption Agency, because we believe Kiwis need to better understand the type of crime it is responsible for. In many ways corruption in the regions has the greatest impact on New Zealanders, by eroding small communities’ trust in institutions they deserve to believe in, and depriving them of resources they desperately need. Corruption is a threat to the wellbeing of New Zealand and our way of doing business. Kiwis value our reputation as one of the least corrupt countries in the world. National knows we need to provide the SFO with the resources it needs to investigate all serious fraud, bribery and corruption. Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi Panmure-Ōtāhuhu Your Economy. Your Future. Authorised by Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi MP, 1/131 Kolmar Road, Papatoetoe.
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