Changes to immigration instructions effective on and after 10 June 2013
E3.35: Further temporary visas
Instructions have been amended to include a provision regarding applicants who are victims of workplace exploitation.
The provision states that, if an applicant has cooperated with Immigration New Zealand and/or the Labour Inspectorate by providing evidence of workplace exploitation against him or herself (as defined in section 351 of the Immigration Act 2009), immigration officers may disregard:
any previous periods when the applicant has been working in breach of his or her current or previous visa, and/or
any previous periods of unlawfulness in the applicant’s immigration history during which he or she was employed and has provided evidence of workplace exploitation in respect of that employer.