Chang Sheng Zhao, 58, has been in New Zealand on a visitor visa since December 2019. Zhao was initially granted a visitor visa for six months, which was extended a few times because of the pandemic. But her latest visitor visa application was declined on November 11 as INZ ruled she did not meet the relevant immigration requirements to be granted a visa. This decision gives Zhao the ability to stay until February 2022, as requested and discussed with her daughter Yuxi Ward. "We work rostered shifts, nights and weekends and we rely on her to provide family support looking after our children as childcare facilities do not support weekend or night-time workers."

Source: New Zealand Herald November 27, 2021 22:38 UTC