Stories by Gill Bonnett

The Biometric Capability Update project is due to be operational by the end of the year.

A man who committed a sex offence and then evaded police for eight years has been given a reprieve against deportation to Vietnam.

Middle Eastern families say they feel like their whānau, already suffering in war-torn zones, are being punished again - as the conflicts are being given as the reason they cannot travel here.

It is a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the largest movement of refugees in Europe since World War II began.

Convicted drug dealer Karel Sroubek has launched a legal challenge after losing his last appeal against deportation.

Former Auckland mayor Christine Fletcher is calling for a royal commission of inquiry into the underlying infrastructure issues revealed by the floods.

A data ethics group has raised issues about whether it needs more teeth to act as a government watchdog.

More than half of all parents needing visas to visit their migrant children since July have been turned down. Audio

The ongoing rent for an immigration office closed more than a year ago has cost taxpayers almost $3 million.

More than 6500 skilled migrants have been invited to apply for residence in a one-off ballot before a policy change.

A GP says delays in asking for national security checks have left a long wait and a sour taste in his family's application for residence.

A year after the New Lynn supermarket knifeman asked immigration officials to revoke his residence, he told them to hurry up his deportation.

As the last 12 days until Christmas loom, some families are despairing over visitor visa delays which mean they will not see parents and grandparents until next year.

It is the latest in a series of glitches in the $56.6m ADEPT computer system, which was introduced to streamline visa operations.

A change to work rights for partners of migrants is going ahead next month in the face of concerns from immigration experts.

Relatives planning a Christmas trip to New Zealand to visit loved ones are having to call off their plans after hold-ups to visas.

An interpreter who fabricated refugee claims gave migrant workers false hope about having a future in New Zealand, according to immigration's investigation team.

Health and immigration are at odds over which hospital doctors have been given a green list fast-track to residence.

Split migrant families are being offered the chance to have their residence applications prioritised so they can reunite.

An interpreter spun a "web of lies" to cheat the immigration system through fabricating a series of asylum claims, a court has been told.

More than 3000 visa applications went untouched for up to three months after a systems upgrade failure.

Two senior hospital doctors who cannot get residence through the immigration Green List are now thinking twice about their move to New Zealand, saying the process is a nightmare. Audio

The government says one of the fundamental immigration questions it has to address is what input Māori should have into policy.

Immigration lawyers say accidentally published comments suggest officials want to conceal information on the use of automated decision-making, algorithms and AI.

The Defence Force has carried out 16 investigations into extremism among current and prospective personnel in the past two years - but can't say how many found proof.