Immigration visa job scam: Hundreds from South and Latin America duped into coming to NZ

Fernanda Penny, director of El Centro Kiwi NZ, is assisting immigration visa scam victims from South America and Latin America. The centre has two licensed immigration advisers who are assisting with getting work visas and variations of conditions for these workers. INZ has granted 31 variation of conditions work visas in the year to June 20 to workers from Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Peru. Perez, who came on March 8, has since been granted a six-month migrant exploitation work visa. They should also only use licensed immigration advisers or an exempt person such as a lawyer if they needed immigration advice.