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New Zealand implements immediate work visa restrictions with new rules

New Zealand is taking proactive steps to ensure that its immigration policies are in line with its economic requirements and to address issues of migrant exploitation like implementing an English language criterion for low-skilled positions, a minimum skill level and work experience standard for the majority of employer-sponsored work visas, reducing the maximum duration for continuous stay in most low-skilled positions to three years.