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.

More than 40,000 migrants who have been granted permanent residence are absent from New Zealand.

Burmese form the largest group of people who were granted residence through the refugee quota programme.

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.

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 number of New Zealanders moving to Australia is the lowest in two years, according to new migration data.

The number of kiwis who crossed the ditch last month was its lowest in two years, according to figures out today.

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.

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.

It is telling that the increase in immigrants projected in the Auckland Council's 30-year plan has attracted very little comment. Until now, that is.

A Grey Power official's complaints about immigration have been labelled uninformed, but the group's central Auckland president says they reflect the feeling of many elderly.

The number of new international students approved to study in New Zealand has dropped nearly a quarter since 2009 despite government measures to boost the industry.

A man who died in his car on the side of a busy Auckland road went unnoticed by thousands of people for five days - despite almost 20,000 cars driving past daily.

International students returning from China are being denied entry and having their visas cancelled because they have not made good progress on their courses.