Character Waiver for New Zealand — Transcript

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1. 0:02[Music]
2. 0:13thank you
3. 0:15hello my name is James Turner and I am
4. 0:19Senior solicitor at Laurent law Baristas
5. 0:21and solicitors located in grangland
6. 0:24Auckland New Zealand in this video I'm
7. 0:27going to talk about character waivers
8. 0:30principal Simon Laurent has previously
9. 0:33presented a video regarding character
10. 0:35waivers however we we thought at this
11. 0:37point that someone should refresh the
12. 0:39content and prepare a new video on the
13. 0:41topic that person will be me
14. 0:44the basic principle is that all
15. 0:47applicants for visas in New Zealand must
16. 0:49be of good character
17. 0:51applicants are usually required to
18. 0:53provide police certificates with Visa
19. 0:55applications to show whether they have
20. 0:57any criminal convictions
21. 0:59if a police certificate from a
22. 1:01particular country is required for a
23. 1:03visa application but the applicant does
24. 1:06not provide us it is highly likely the
25. 1:08application will be declined
26. 1:10it is important to follow the correct
27. 1:13process for obtaining police certificate
28. 1:15sentence as set out on the ironsid
29. 1:18website to ensure the correct type of
30. 1:20police certificate is obtained you can
31. 1:23search for the phrase police
32. 1:24certificates on the inz website to find
33. 1:27the instructions for obtaining police
34. 1:29certificates
35. 1:31if a police certificate shows that a
36. 1:33person applying for a Visa has no
37. 1:35criminal convictions then all is okay
38. 1:38however if a person's applying for a
39. 1:41Visa does have one or more criminal
40. 1:43convictions the situation can become
41. 1:45more tricky that is the criminal
42. 1:48conviction or convictions may require
43. 1:50inz to approve what is called a
44. 1:52character waiver
45. 1:54the circumstances in which a person
46. 1:57requires a character waiver for a
47. 2:00residence and temporary Visa
48. 2:01applications very slightly
49. 2:05some examples of the type of criminal
50. 2:07conviction which will require a
51. 2:08character waiver as part of a residence
52. 2:10application include any conviction
53. 2:13involving prohibitive drugs any
54. 2:16conviction involved in dishonesty any
55. 2:18conviction of our sexual nature any
56. 2:21conviction for which the person who has
57. 2:23sends to a term of imprisonment any
58. 2:25conviction involving violence any
59. 2:28conviction for Dangerous driving driving
60. 2:30Heaven consumed excess alcohol or
61. 2:32driving heaven-consumed drugs
62. 2:35and applicants will also require a
63. 2:37character over as part of a residence
64. 2:39application if they have made any
65. 2:40statement or provided any information
66. 2:42evidence or submission to immigration
67. 2:44New Zealand there was false misleading
68. 2:47or forged or if they have withheld
69. 2:49material information
70. 2:52some examples of the type of criminal
71. 2:54conviction which will require a
72. 2:55character over as part of a temporary
73. 2:57visa application include any conviction
74. 3:00against the immigration's citizenship
75. 3:02and passport laws of any country any
76. 3:05conviction for which the person has been
77. 3:07imprisoned
78. 3:08any conviction in New Zealand for which
79. 3:11the court has the power to impose a term
80. 3:13of imprisonment of three months or more
81. 3:14this can require careful checking of the
82. 3:17Crimes Act 1961 or the summary offenses
83. 3:20Act 1981.
84. 3:22any charge for an offense which on
85. 3:25convictions which make would make the
86. 3:26applicant an excluded person
87. 3:29or if the person is under investigation
88. 3:31or wanted for questioning for such an
89. 3:34offense
90. 3:35I have previously presented a video
91. 3:37about exclusion issues this can be found
92. 3:39on their website
93. 3:41an applicant will also require a
94. 3:43character waiver as part of a temporary
95. 3:44visa application if they've made any
96. 3:46statement or provided any information
97. 3:48evidence or submission to immigration
98. 3:50New Zealand that was false misleading or
99. 3:53forged or if they have withheld material
100. 3:55information
101. 3:57it seems to me that the rules about
102. 3:59circumstances in which a visa
103. 4:01application will require character for a
104. 4:04residence implication is stricter
105. 4:05compared to applications for temporary
106. 4:08visas
107. 4:09this is probably because residence is
108. 4:11more permanent and Carries greater
109. 4:13rights and privileges competed temporary
110. 4:15Visas so New Zealand may want to be
111. 4:18especially careful about hurricanes
112. 4:20resonance to as opposed to a temporary
113. 4:22Visa
114. 4:24the most common situation we come across
115. 4:26here at Laurent law which gives right to
116. 4:28the needs of a character waiver is where
117. 4:31the person has a conviction for a drink
118. 4:32driving
119. 4:33my colleagues sahad Shemia has
120. 4:36previously prepared a written blog about
121. 4:38the consequences of drink driving this
122. 4:41can be found in our website
123. 4:43however the situations do vary widely
124. 4:46other convictions requiring a character
125. 4:48wherever we have seen include assault
126. 4:49robbery and having provided false
127. 4:52misleading information
128. 4:54the character waiver assessment process
129. 4:56involves Lions is weighing up the
130. 4:58conviction or convictions against the
131. 5:00reasons of favor of the applicant being
132. 5:02granted a Visa factors that inz will
133. 5:05consider include the seriousness of the
134. 5:06conviction how long ago it occurred
135. 5:09whether the applicant has family in New
136. 5:11Zealand and whether the applicant's
137. 5:13potential contribution to New Zealand
138. 5:15will be significant
139. 5:16here at Marine law we are very
140. 5:18experienced in approaching ANZ for the
141. 5:21Grantsburg County waiver and a wide
142. 5:23range of situations therefore if you
143. 5:26think you may require a character over
144. 5:28please contact us here in the rent law
145. 5:30thank you for listening and all the best
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