Election 2023 - Immigration Policy
Act
Spokesperson:
James McDowall
Link to
policy here
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James McDowall
- Provide all occupations on the ‘Green List’ a fast-track to residency by removing the ‘work to residence’ divide.
- Simplify the Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme by abolishing labour market tests, wage rules, and make it easier for migrants to move between accredited employers.
- Remove the cap on the number of places under the Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme.
- Ensure the Skilled Migrant Category offers an efficient and predictable pathway for migrants of all skill levels and occupations, to remove confusion and unfairness.
- End the political deadlock and introduce a sustainable solution for parent visas, so that talented people can make a home in New Zealand without leaving their parents behind so long as there is no extra cost to the taxpayer.
- Tackle the sources of Immigration New Zealand’s slow processing times to remove uncertainty and frustration for people who want to bring their skills to New Zealand.
- ACT will introduce a new visa — the Unite Visa — that will enable parents to visit their children or grandchildren for up to five years at a time, with a renewal requirement each year.
- Read more here and here
Green Party
Spokesperson:
Golriz-Ghahraman
Link to
policy here
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Golriz-Ghahraman
- Actively support Maori aspirations for a Tiriti-based immigration system.
- Advocate for Pacific Passport to allow for free movement between the islands and Aotearoa.
- Progressively increase our refugee quota and the resource required to provide adequate refugee services.
- Ensure that immigration legislation makes specific provision for people displaced by climate change, based on need.
- Ensure that immigration policies are impartial in regard to applicants' countries of origin, ethnicities, cultures, age, gender, sexual orientation, and all other prohibited grounds of discrimination.
- Require employers to pay temporary workers no less than local workers, and to provide them with the same working conditions as local workers.
- Read more here
Labour
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
National
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
New Zealand First
Spokesperson:
- Ensure that Kiwi workers are at the front of the job queue.
- Guarantee that immigration policy is based on New Zealand’s interests such as meeting critical skill gaps.
- Maintain parent category visa cap at 1000 and ensure that sponsors can adequately support and fund their family during and after migration.
- Continue to develop strategies that encourage regionally dispersed immigration so that it lessens the burden on already overloaded urban cities.
- Investigate a ‘skills of absolute shortage’ visa category to replace the incumbent skills shortage list.
- Ensure that regionalised skills shortage lists reflect and are consistent with COVID-19 recovery efforts.
- Read more here
TOP
Spokesperson:
Raf Manji
Link to
policy here
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Raf Manji
- Developing a policy for supporting internal and external climate refugees.
- The new Teal Visa will harness high net worth individuals who want to invest and live in New Zealand, using their investment to create a new Climate Resettlement Programme.
- Review the Accredited Employer Visa Scheme with a view to including more checks and balances to stamp out cases of migrant worker exploitation.
- Reduce the salary bands for Skilled Work visas, which many businesses, including our growing tech sector, say are too high.
- Introduce a new Regional Talent Visa to let regions recruit directly on behalf of local companies and sectors, easing the pressure on Auckland and attracting much-needed talent into our regions.
- Read more here
