Just one Accredited Employer Work Visa has been processed in the month since the category opened.
The National Party has got hold of a leaked Immigration New Zealand paper, and the Party's calling the log-jam disastrous.
Applicants must submit a job-check to obtain the visa - showing the employer couldn't fill the role with a New Zealand worker.
Since job-checks opened six weeks ago, three-thousand-321 have been submitted, but just 817 approved.
Managing Director of Building Recruitment, Kevin Everett joined Heather du Plessis-Allan.
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