Laurent Law’s Advice on Solving the Work Visa Application Problems

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - July 24, 2013 - PRLog -- This month Bill Milnes, Senior Consultant at Laurent Law, Barristers and Solicitors and Immigration Specialists since 1996, would like to expand on the issue for employers and applicants of declined work visa applications. He cites a recent example of how an issue can escalate as follows. An employer took on a migrant worker without checking the wording of his work visa, assuming that any work visa meant the applicant was okay to work. The work visa was not for the new firm and the employee was caught and deported. The facts will have been recorded by Immigration New Zealand on the employer’s file. The next application from that employer was completed by someone unfamiliar with the immigration process and provided information which appeared to be inconsistent with the business and the industry and the application was declined. That will also have been recorded against the company.

As Bill explains it, where the employer got it wrong in the second application was that they failed to provide the information which would have helped the Case Officer to understand how critical the employee was to the business. They also failed to identify why the job title did not fit with the perception of what the job appeared to be. Where the employer also got it wrong in the second application was in the position description reading ‘To follow rules, procedures and policies’ to adhere to checklists and directions from Store Managers (the applicant is the Store Manager). This is worse than useless and provides no information about the tasks involved and also, unfortunately, infers a low level role.

The employer was incensed, as the applicant was a senior and critical Manager/Trainer in the business but, based on the information provided to Immigration New Zealand, the decision to decline the application was correct. Considerable time and expense has gone into submitting a new application with the information which Immigration New Zealand will need to address the unintentionally misleading information previously provided. They will also need to overcome two negative incidents in the company’s history with Immigration New Zealand.

All of these inherent problems would have been forestalled with the employer availing themselves of the services of the professional team at Laurent Law. To circumvent all the problems relating to the above case, choosing to consult an experienced Immigration Law specialist makes a lot of sense. For more information on Immigration Law, please go to the Laurent Law website at http://www.laurentlaw.co.nz.