今週末のNZ Heraldにこんな記事が掲載されていました。
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10789435
Education agents are being accused of pushing would-be migrants to apply for residency through the student visa pathway to get around the law. The Herald has been alerted to cases where applicants, who had wanted to apply under other immigration categories, were asked to become international students instead.
Under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act, anyone who gives immigration advice must be licensed - but lawyers, Citizens Advice Bureau staff and those providing immigration advice offshore about student visa applications are exempt.
A Chinese national, who gained residency last year, told the Herald he had wanted to apply as an investor migrant but was persuaded by an agent at a Beijing-based immigration agency to apply for a student visa instead. He claimed to have paid the agency - which has Auckland-based agents - $75,000 for an immigration package, which included becoming a student at a central Auckland school where he did not have to attend classes, a business diploma and a pay-your-own-way job offer.
The man, who is in his 30s, gained permanent residency last year and knows of at least three other "friends" who are "going through the process".
The Immigration Advisers Authority, which administers the act, confirmed it has received complaints about education agents acting unlawfully as immigration advisers. It has issued warning letters, but did not have the resources to investigate further.
"Given the limited budget, authority resources must be concentrated on cases where there is credible evidence and there has been or is likely to be a significant degree of harm to consumers," said authority spokeswoman Maheesha Kottegoda.
"It is an offence for anyone offshore to give immigration advice on anything outside the student visa pathway," Ms Kottegoda said.
Migrating through the student visa pathway is popular choice for would-be migrants. Immigration says that over the past decade, one in five international students gained permanent residency within five years of being issued their first student visa.
ニュージーランド国外でのニュージーランドのビザに関してのアドバイスは、移民局に登録されていない日本人は学生ビザに関してのみ可能となっています。ところが、去年永住権を取得した中国人が、北京にある移民エージェントに投資家部門からではなく学生ビザから永住権を目指すことを勧められ、永住権までのパッケージで$75,000を払ったとのこと。これには、通わなくてもビジネスのディプロマがもらえるオークランドの中心部にある学校の生徒となり、自己負担（自分の年収分を自分で雇用主に予め払う）でのジョブ・オファーが含まれたそう。でも、実際は、ニュージーランド国外のエージェントは学生ビザから先のアドバイスをするのは違法となっています。
ご注意ください。
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Updateです。
今朝（５日）の新聞に載っていました。
Residence revoked: Seven New Zealand residends who gained permanent residence through the student visa pathway have had their status revoked in the last five years. In one case, a Chinese national who gained residency last year paid $75,000 for an immigration package which include becoming a student at a central Auckland school (where he did not have to attend classes), a business diploma and a pay-your-own-way job offer. Permanent residence status may be revoked if it was procured by fraud, forgery or failure to meet permit requirement.
やっぱり取り消されるんですね。