New Zealand’s Golden Visa: an update
New Zealand’s Golden Investment Visa Active Investor Plus August 2025 26 August 2025 D J Ryken Ryken and Associates Barristers and Solicitors Email: david@rykenlaw.co.nz
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New Zealand’s new investor visa settings
New Zealand’s Golden Investment Visa Active Investor Plus August 2025 17 August 2025 D J Ryken Ryken and Associates Barristers and Solicitors Email: david@rykenlaw.co.nz
Meritless refugee cases: India and the US
Refugee and Protection cases from India and other democratic countries August 2025 The Refugee Status Unit in New Zealand has been swamped by meritless cases from India. Almost always a localised issue is the basis of the claim. One of the most misunderstood aspects of asylum law is that international protection cannot be conceded where … Read more
AO (Ukraine) Refugee status: Ethinic Russians in Ukraine
AO (Ukraine) [2024] NZIPT 802342 Ethnic Russian Citizens of Ukraine 20 years out of the country Conscientious objection to military service Conclusion 24 July 2025 D J Ryken Ryken and Associates
Parent Retirement: The annual income requirement and problems of interpretation.
PROBLEMS OF INTERPRETATION: ADDING A GLOSS TO IMMIGRATION INSTRUCTIONS: PARENT RETIREMENT AND THE ANNUAL INCOME REQUIREMENT OF $60K The Immigration and Protection Tribunal (the Tribunal) has in two decisions issued in 2023 incorrectly interpreted F3.5 Parent Retirement Category requirements. At F3.5.a(v) the Immigration Instructions require the principal applicant to “demonstrate an annual income of at … Read more
High Court rules against Immigration
High Court declares refusal to consider offshore residence visa applications unlawful. In a paper dated 15 July 2020, I pointed out that the suspension of offshore residence visa applications by Immigration New Zealand was unlawful. It offended against a very basic principle, stretching back to the Magna Carta, that once a statutory application is filed … Read more