Declined visitor visa - news articles

[Oregonkiwi]

I've seen some posts about visitor visas being declined. It seems to be a wider problem, here are some recent news articles:

Relatives from Albania denied New Zealand visas for wedding https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12196584

New Year's reunion for family who missed out on Christmas because of visa delay https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12182560

Wedding plans 'in tatters' after Immigration NZ denies visa for sister to come as bridesmaid https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12146112
Bridesmaid sister gets visa offer following Immigration NZ decision review https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12153884

Prevention better than cure: Minister defends Immigration NZ stance on visitor's visas https://www.stuff.co.nz/tarana/10756...visitors-visas

[khaled_eid]

Thanks although the system should apply clear rules like in immigration it seems that they make visitor visa more hard to achieve than applying for PR which does not make sense.
I have personaly a clear case that I know her very well and she have a 2 year child in her custody and her visa declined twice

[JandM]

That's interesting. It's almost sounding as though they have a "grey" department set up, with a list somewhat like NSC's for places to which unpublicized parameters apply. Some people are more equal than others - not good.

[LemonAndPaeroa]

I’m not sure how many people work for INZ but I’ve always learnt “internal is external” - someone will talk and the information will find its way to the wrong person / media.

I don’t believe it’s the case - apart from the fact that a lot of countries don’t need a visitor visa so they are already deemed low risk

[Oregonkiwi]

From October, but probably still relevant:
Immigration NZ clamps down on visitor visas as more seek asylum after arriving
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-...variant=tb_v_2