The arrival in Australia of a boat filled with suspected asylum seekers, apparently heading for NZ, is the result of a deal formed between the two countries, says a refugee expert.

A ramshackle fishing boat carrying 66 suspected asylum seekers from Sri Lanka has arrived in Australia displaying a sign saying "We want to go to New Zealand".

Immigration New Zealand is advertising for staff to work at its Mumbai branch office - for a little more than $500 a month.

Two men accused of using fake passports and other documents are facing several forgery and deception charges.

Kiwis have missed weddings, funerals and nearly lost their jobs or been deported due to a backlog of visa cases in Britain.

One in three international students deported or asked to leave voluntarily was Chinese.

Over the past decade, one in five international students gained permanent New Zealand residency within five years of being issued their first student visa.

Asians are dominating in visitor and international student numbers and in most family-migration categories to New Zealand.

The deaths of two more asylum seekers off Australia's Indian Ocean territory of Christmas Island has again focused attention on the complexity of the dangerous crossing.

The Security Intelligence Service blocked Kim Dotcom's application for residency after learning of the FBI investigation into internet piracy then lifted it at the last minute.

International students are being warned against working as prostitutes in a new Immigration New Zealand employment advice website.

A New Zealand-born man jailed in Queensland for attacks on taxi drivers and a pizza deliverer is being deported to this country - despite having lived half his life in Australia.

Former Australian prime minister John Howard has defended a policy that many Kiwis living across the Tasman say reduces them to second-class citizens.

The hunt is on for more than 40 Tongan criminals who obtained "clean records" from their homeland authorities to get New Zealand visas.

The Kiwi love affair with Asia may be waning with fewer now thinking Asia is important to New Zealand's future or viewing Asian immigration as positive.

Immigration "hiccups", dodgy education providers and unscrupulous student agents are damaging New Zealand's export education reputation.

Pacific visa applicants who failed to get permanent residency will get a second chance.

A Malaysian man who overstayed his visa for 10 years had operated a construction business since 2006 and employed six fulltime workers and two subcontractors before he was tracked down by Immigration New Zealand.

An immigration fraudster stripped of his citizenship and barred from New Zealand owes taxpayers more than $150,000.

Labour MP and former Associate Immigration Minister Shane Jones' political career has been saved by an Auditor-General's report that found no evidence of improper motive.

Former Labour high flyer Shane Jones is back on the front bench after being cleared of corruption over his citizenship decision for Bill Liu in 2008.

The report into the granting of citizenship to a Chinese businessman by MP Shane Jones found 'an unfortunate combination of circumstances, but no evidence of corruption’

The final report into Shane Jones' handling of the Bill Liu immigration case is expected to be released today.