NZ Coronavirus update

🛂 Immigration
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Immigration New Zealand Update
22 April’ 2020

Immigration New Zealand is preparing operationally to move into Alert Level 3 next week on Tuesday 28 April.

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Alert Level 3 impact on INZ

Staff will continue to work out of the head office in Wellington or remotely, focusing processing efforts on urgent COVID-19 related applications including applications from individuals who have a critical purpose for coming to New Zealand.

INZ is also prioritizing the processing of some visa categories for applicants who are already in New Zealand. These are:

temporary visa applications for Victims of Family Violence,

partnership category temporary visas (including reassessments),

full fee-paying student visas, and

post-study work visas.

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Essential services – short term variation of conditions request form online

From 16 April, employers or advisers who are acting on behalf of an employer can request a variation for a short period.

This is to help businesses continue essential services and allow temporary migrants and international students to further assist with our essential services during the COVID-19 response.

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Medical care for unlawful migrants

It is imperative that anyone who has symptoms of COVID-19 should contact Healthline for free on 0800 358 5453 or their doctor immediately. Immigration status will not impact people’s ability to receive health care. People unlawfully in New Zealand should seek medical advice if they are unwell. They can rest assured that their treatment will be in complete confidence and their information will not be passed on to other agencies.

#22

Going hard and early against COVID-19 has put New Zealand in a good position to prevent the wave of devastation we’ve seen abroad.

Moving to Alert Level 3 is about making sure we don’t waste the opportunity we have to keep on top of the virus, while giving our economy a chance to start rebooting.

Alert Level 3 will see some restrictions eased slightly, but the primary goal is still to stay home as much as possible, to break the chain of transmission and to save lives.

For further details, visit: http://covid19.govt.nz

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#23

New Zealand will be moving to Alert Level 2 at 11.59pm tonight, Wednesday 13 May.

Information about what life and business will be like at Alert Level 2 can be found here: https://bit.ly/AlertLevel2

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Life at Alert Level 2 means you can resume many of your everyday activities — but you have to do so safely.

  • All businesses can open to customers if they can do it safely. This will help to get people back to work.
  • You can go in-store at businesses.
  • Tertiary education facilities, schools and early learning centres will be open for all ages.
  • You can travel between regions.
  • Initially gatherings like weddings,religious ceremonies and social gatherings can have up to 10 people.
  • You can safely connect and socialise with close friends and family, in groups of 10.
  • You can visit local cafes, restaurants, bars and pubs to have a meal.
  • You can return to your regular recreation activities, at first keeping to 10 people.
#25

New Zealand has moved to Alert Level 1 as of Monday 8th June. This is a milestone achievement for New Zealand as one of the leading countries that has managed to curb the Covid-19 Corona virus and eradicated it from the country.

At Alert Level 1, everyone can return without restriction to work, school, sports and domestic travel, and you can get together with as many people as you want. All kiwis are encouraged to keep track of where they have been using either the govt contact tracing app or maintain their own records. There are no restriction on domestric travel within New Zealand meaning no restriction on flight, buses and trains. People are encouraged to travel domestically and support local businesses. International travel is banned and borders are closed with some exceptions.

Here’s what life at Alert Level 1 would look like: https://uniteforrecovery.govt.nz/covid-19/covid-19-alert-system/alert-level-1/