This packed 3-hour session covers all the latest immigration updates you need on Parent Boost and Active Investor Plus (Golden) visas. You’ll get practical tips on medical insurance requirements and emerging risks areas, refusal trends and character issues in the Parent Boost Visa. Plus, gain a step-by-step approach to advising on the active investor plus visa. Hear from renowned immigration authorities in New Zealand and benefit from their experience shaping immigration in 2025, with a clear look at what’s ahead in 2026.
Friday, 14 November 2025
Chair:
Marcus Beveridge, Managing Director, Queen City Law
9.00am to 10.00am AIP and “Acceptable Investment”: What Advisers Need to Know
A step-by-step approach advisers should take when a client applies for the active investor plus (golden) visa
Presented by Bradley So, Director, Queen City Law
10.00am to 11.00am Parent Boost Visa
- Medical insurance obligations under the Parent Boost visa
- Emerging risk areas and refusal patterns
- What to expect in 2026
11.00am to 11.15am Morning Tea
11.15am to 12.15pm Managing Medical Waivers and Character Issues in Parent Boost and Golden Visa Applications
- Basics on navigating health, medical waivers and character issues
- Application of health, medical waiver and character issues to Parent Boost and investor applications
Presented by Shi Sheng Cai (Shoosh), Partner, Ashcroft, Mitchell, McGregor
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to guide clients step by step through the Active Investor Plus visa process
- Understand key rules for the Parent Boost visa, including medical insurance, common reasons for refusal, and what changes may be coming in 2026
- Learn how to spot and manage medical and character issues that could affect visa applications and how to handle waiver requests
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD hours
Presenters
Shi Sheng Cai (Shoosh), Partner, Ashcroft, Mitchell, McGregorShi Sheng Cai (Shoosh) is a Partner at Ashcroft Mitchell McGregor and regularly acts for employers to help with immigration matters. He has over 7 years of work experience in the immigration sector including experience in the areas of global mobility, corporate immigration, investor migration and expertise with complex New Zealand immigration matters. Shoosh is a member of the Law Association Immigration Committee and is an author for Thomson Reuters Human Rights Law resource. You will find Shoosh "a great guy to deal with". He enjoys working with government officers and is a critical thinker with an insightful legal mind.
Marcus Beveridge, Managing Director, Queen City Law
Marcus Beveridge is the Managing Director of Queen City Law NZ Limited. His main areas of practice are construction and property law, commercial law, foreign investment, real estate services and immigration. Marcus has developed expertise in business-based immigration and has acted on literally 100's of successful business-based immigration applications over the best part of 3 decades. Many of these clients have subsequently become major clients of his firm. The total amount of business immigration funds invested in NZ in the last decade is close to NZ$10 Billion. Marcus is a regular commentator on immigration based issues on national Radio & TV and has presented and chaired many NZ Immigration Law conferences over the years. Marcus has also recently been on several Working Groups and Immigration Reference Groups liaising with senior INZ management about assorted immigration issues. His firm comprises one of NZ’s largest immigration law teams. Marcus was formerly Chairman of NZAMI and Convenor of the New Zealand Law Society Immigration Committee.
Bradley So, Director, Queen City Law
Bradley So is a Director at Queen City Law and he manages the immigration team. He specialises in business migration and foreign investments. He has represented significant employers and ultra-high net worth individuals. His clients have invested in excess of $500 million in New Zealand and he has assisted multinationals with their immigration requirements.
