Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse says the Government may lift the refugee quota next year.

Growth in the number of tourists and international students coming to New Zealand will see the number of immigration officers boosted with $33 million of new spending.

Kim Dotcom's ability to stay in New Zealand will be decided by Immigration minister Michael Woodhouse and could come inside a month.

A disgraced former immigration advisor asked a woman to move into his house and perform sexual favours and domestic duties in exchange for immigration help.

Migrants are once again setting their sights on New Zealand, a new report reveals.

Two fake charity "monks" and a "nun" have left New Zealand - but others from a begging syndicate are applying for visas to come to New Zealand.

Fake charity "monks" who target pedestrians on New Zealand's busiest streets are recruited in China and sent here with the promise of making big money.

An Immigration NZ officer's claim that people who listen to Indian radio are unlikely to be NZers has prompted a lawyer to lodge a race complaint.

The nannies who care for internet mogul Kim Dotcom's five children have been allowed to remain in New Zealand.

You can have too much of a good thing, as the saying goes, and right now it is a live question whether immigration is one of those good things, writes Brian Fallow.

Kim and Mona Dotcom's marriage has come to an end after five years. Dotcom made an announcement about the separation last night on Twitter.

A lawyer representing the US Government has argued that a document outlining their case against internet mogul Kim Dotcom should be made public.

John Banks' lawyer is seeking details of Kim Dotcom's convictions in Germany to establish the tycoon's "credibility" as a key witness against him in his trial over donations.

NZ immigration officials have been forced to admit celebrity chef Nigella Lawson is eligible for a visa after they could find no evidence that she'd been banned from the US.

A Tongan woman suffering medical conditions prohibiting her from flying is being deported back to a cyclone-ravaged village.

Nearly 800 people were prevented from entering New Zealand over the past year.

Dev Sangha hoped a new love and a new life would help him after the slaying of his family three years ago.

A 7-year-old girl has been banned from entering New Zealand with her adopted parents because authorities say she is too sick to live here.

Police have won the right to take a case involving an Iraqi man wanted for alleged people smuggling to the Court of Appeal.

Immigration NZ has admitted it questioned an Iraqi refugee about allegations he was involved in people-smuggling, but allowed him to settle in this country anyway.

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

Tongan police are under investigation after it was revealed the criminal records of 33 people were wiped in order to gain visas to enter New Zealand.

A Czech man who witnessed a murder and fled to New Zealand on a false passport could be deported after appearing before the courts for the third time.

Oamaru locals have rallied around a Tongan family facing deportation before their young daughter is able to have much-needed surgery here.

A tetraplegic man declined New Zealand residency is being deported to Tonga to what his family fears is a death sentence.

A British family who have lived in New Zealand for seven years face deportation because the father has a brain tumour.