Visa overstayers in New Zealand, who might once have been targeted in dawn raids by immigration officials, may in future receive kinder text and email reminders.
Apparently, The Department of Labour, which incorporates the Immigration Service, has started sending personalised text and email messages to provide such immigration information as permit expiry reminders, policy and fee change notifications, notices for immigration agents and information about jobs.
As far as we know, the department is not only first immigration service in the Asia-Pacific region, but also in the world to use such modern communications approach. Guess, we’ll see this incorporated in other countries as well in the near future…
[Via: textually.org]