14 Mar 2023

Families want answers as INZ reviews Iranian visa applications

From Checkpoint, 6:10 pm on 14 March 2023

Immigration officials are reviewing decisions they made to turn down some Iranian applicants who wanted to visit their New Zealand-based relatives. Immigration had concerns families were at risk of overstaying because of the political situation in Iran. Other families are still battling similar refusals, and questioning Immigration NZ's stance. Gill Bonnett reports.