[TJH]

Thought everyone would be interested in this:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10570168&pnum=2

[xanctus]

Is that directly affecting for people who are using agency though??

[Bergita]

I think it will directly affect anybody who is using an unlicensed agent. Since they seem to be by far in the majority, I would check!

[JandM]

Is that directly affecting for people who are using agency though??Like it shows in the article, NZIS will no longer accept or process any application placed by an NZ-based unlicensed agent. So an agent who has taken the full fee from a client at the start of the process, and has not got themselves licensed, is no longer in a position to do anything for the client. Morally, they ought to give the client a refund, but it will remain to be seen what happens in individual cases.

Agents based outside NZ have another year before they will be regulated in the same way.

[Silverwing86]

Just saw this news report (http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/5551442/migrants-hurt-unlicensed-agents-help/) and thought it might be relevant.

Cheers,
Silver

[Flutterby]

i though they already needed to be licensed!