Ankur Sabharwal

Ankur Sabharwal is a Licensed Immigration Adviser and founder of Visa Matters, an Auckland-based immigration advisory firm. He provides immigration commentary on TVNZ Breakfast and has been published by Stuff and The Post.

New English rule for overseas cooks, handymen makes sense. The timing doesn't

For a change affecting such a large part of the AEWV system, six days feels more like an emergency notice.

Case files: Declined twice, then INZ got it wrong again. How Ayesha got her visa

A blow-by-blow account of what can go wrong if you want to bring your spouse to New Zealand.

India-NZ FTA: What it changes for overseas students. And what it doesn't

The trade deal is a positive step, but not a dramatic new opening from an immigration perspective.

Case files: How to get residency when you don't qualify for it

A man convicted twice of drink driving and once of assault has been granted ministerial amnesty for New Zealand residency

Case files: The wedding trip to India that ended his New Zealand life

The officer asked him questions about his job interview from two years earlier. He could not remember every detail.