Photo: RNZQuestions are being asked about Immigration New Zealand's practice of issuing electronic permanent resident visas while also insisting people carry a letter confirming they have those same visas. Roy Pilott - who has lived in New Zealand since the 1960s, said he could not believe what he was reading after getting his permanent resident visa transferred to his new British passport. Mr Delamere said the digital visas were meant to be an improvement but that did not appear to be the case. INZ said the roll-out of digital visas started in 2015 and permanent resident visas came into the scheme mid 2018. Since then about 30,000 permanent resident visas have been issued with the accompanying letter.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 17, 2019 19:41 UTC