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Essential Skills Visa

Duration of Essential Skills visa temporarily doubled for low-paid workers
Government temporarily doubles the duration of the Essential Skills visa to two years for migrants with jobs that pay less than the median wage
by Jenée Tibshraeny
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Government temporarily doubles the duration of the Essential Skills visa to two years for migrants with jobs that pay less than the median wage
Govt to make it easier to hire migrant construction workers
A ‘KiwiBuild Skill Shortage’ list is being created, after a Minister’s warning to Cabinet that NZ simply does not have the labour force to deal with the pipeline of construction projects
by Jason Walls
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A ‘KiwiBuild Skill Shortage’ list is being created, after a Minister’s warning to Cabinet that NZ simply does not have the labour force to deal with the pipeline of construction projects
PM's migrant comments indicate low-skilled focus of tweaks
Bill English's responses to questions on how government might tweak its immigration policy point towards rowing back on lower-skilled Essential Skill migrant visa roadblocks
by Alex Tarrant
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Bill English's responses to questions on how government might tweak its immigration policy point towards rowing back on lower-skilled Essential Skill migrant visa roadblocks