Peta Cooke is desperate to be reunited with her South African fiance Cameron Read here in New Zealand. "Tens of thousands, if not more" visa applications are sitting idle in offshore Immigration New Zealand (INZ) offices, as border restrictions prevent virtually all foreign nationals from entering the country. SUPPLIED Peta Cooke, left, has no idea when her fiancé Cameron Read's visa application will be processed. Stuff The couple first met aged 12, but reconnected while Peta Cooke was on her OE. INZ border and visa operations general manager Nicola Hogg said Read's visa application was yet to be assessed, because INZ is not processing any offshore applications without a border exemption.

Source: Stuff May 28, 2020 16:52 UTC