Migrant worker upset INZ's mistake cost him visa

From Morning Report, 8:25 am on 2 March 2021

A migrant worker who had his residence visa application incorrectly assessed is furious Immigration New Zealand's mistake will see him have to leave the country before the end of the year.

The Immigration and Protection Tribunal found Immigration's approach to Varun Sharma's application was "selective and unfair" and told the department to reassess it.

But by that time, the Covid-19 lockdown had crushed the business Sharma was working for, and he was declined again.

Emma Hatton reports.