Ron Kessels

The New Zealand Government has had restrictions in place regarding the entry of foreign nationals coming from or transiting through mainland China since 2 February.

Jigsaw puzzles seem to be enjoying a renaissance in the 21st century, no doubt because of findings of many studies that jigsaw puzzles are good…

With the outbreak of the Coronavirus, the Australian Government has imposed temporary travel bans effective immediately.

Since its launch by the Hon David Coleman MP, Minister for Immigration in November 2019, the Global Talent Independent (GTI) Program has generated a lot…

Happy New Year to all of our readers. During 2020, Ajuria Lawyers looks forward to sharing information that we hope is useful, current and interesting.

In our October 2019 newsletter, Ajuria Lawyers reminded business sponsors of the importance of ensuring compliance with sponsorship obligations.

“Accredited” status has delivered many positive benefits for Business Sponsors. As a result of the broadening of the applicability criteria, and the flexible approach adopted…

The Government’s new Regional Visa program commenced on 16 November 2019. With an allocation of 25,000 places in the 2019-20 Migration Program, the Government sees…

The annual review of occupations lists is underway, with new lists scheduled to be published in March 2020.

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has recently published its annual report, confirming the trend that lodgements of review applications in the Migration & Refugee Division…