Wednesday, 27 August 2025
*Original Content was created in November 2024
Chair
Katy Armstrong, Principal, Into NZ
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Learning Objectives:
- Analyse the legal and practical challenges in assessing partnership visas, including genuine and stable and bona fides requirements
- Understand the complexities of F2.10.10 and its impact on partnership visa applicants and expat permanent residents
Challenges with Partnership Visas
- Solving the F2.10.10 dilemma
- Issues in the genuine and stable assessment
- Issues in the bona fides test
- Expat Permanent Resident Visas
Presented by Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law
Presenters
Katy Armstrong, Principal, Into NZKaty Armstrong is a fully licensed New Zealand immigration adviser. Originally a Barrister in London followed by a stint as human rights lawyer in Guatemala, Katy made New Zealand her home from 1998. Katy has strong practical as well as legal advocacy skills. She is a frequent speaker on New Zealand immigration issues. Katy is also a contributing author of the 2014 New Zealand Immigration & Refugee law textbook. In 2014, Katy was part of a working group whose advocacy led to the re-opening of over 450 partnership cases decided by the New Delhi Branch of Immigration New Zealand.
Simon Laurent, Principal, Laurent Law
Simon Laurent has a strong reputation as a leader in the Immigration field. He has chaired and presented seminars for both lawyers and immigration advisers, and has been called upon to provide industry comment for the media. For several years Simon sat on the Council of the Auckland District Law Society. He was a founding member of the Society's Immigration and Refugee Committee and has been a past Convenor. From 2010 to 2012 he was Chairman of the New Zealand Association of Migration and Investment, and is Chair of the NZAMI for the 2024-2025 year. Laurent Law accepts instructions to solve complex immigration situations, including referrals from other lawyers and advisers.
