A domestic violence victim says she has mental trauma after her work visa was cancelled by Immigration New Zealand while she was overseas.
The woman, who was nearly eight months pregnant at the time, was stopped from boarding a connecting flight to Auckland after her husband told INZ their relationship was over.
INZ operations support manager Michael Carley acknowledged its actions had caused her "considerable inconvenience and distress" and has apologised unreservedly.
Kyra (not her real name) first came to New Zealand from India two years ago on a visitor's visa.
She acquired a partnership work visa on the basis of her relationship with a New Zealand permanent resident - whom she had married in India a year earlier.
Kyra said her husband and his family members started abusing her soon after she arrived in Auckland, which escalated when they found out she was pregnant with a baby girl.
09/09/18 Linoln Tan/New Zealand
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The woman, who was nearly eight months pregnant at the time, was stopped from boarding a connecting flight to Auckland after her husband told INZ their relationship was over.
INZ operations support manager Michael Carley acknowledged its actions had caused her "considerable inconvenience and distress" and has apologised unreservedly.
Kyra (not her real name) first came to New Zealand from India two years ago on a visitor's visa.
She acquired a partnership work visa on the basis of her relationship with a New Zealand permanent resident - whom she had married in India a year earlier.
Kyra said her husband and his family members started abusing her soon after she arrived in Auckland, which escalated when they found out she was pregnant with a baby girl.
09/09/18 Linoln Tan/New Zealand
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