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Immigration NZ's Visa Overhaul Hits Snags | Auckland News
Immigration New Zealand’s $336 million visa overhaul, “Our Future Services,” is facing delays despite ambitious goals — the first phase, meant to migrate 31 visa types to a new digital system, is running late, with group visitor visas among the holdouts. This isn’t the first tech stumble for the agency; a recent review followed the scrapping of another costly system after officials allegedly misled ministers. Originally designed to prove capability early by tackling high-volume applications, the project’s first stage is now seen as a test run — and while some top visa products are live on the…
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