29 Sep 2021

Govt set to expedite thousands of residence visa applications

From Checkpoint, 5:25 pm on 29 September 2021

The government is set to expedite thousands of residence visa applications, RNZ understands.

Thousands of existing migrants who want to settle in New Zealand permanently have been waiting months for their residency applications to be processed.

Our political reporter Katie Scotcher has the details and joins us now from our Parliament studio.