Vietnamese woman in visa 'limbo land' marries Kiwi husband

Vietnamese woman in visa ‘limbo land’ marries Kiwi husband

Thursday, October 19th, 2017

A couple mired in a struggle with Immigration New Zealand (INZ) were able to set aside their visa woes – at least for a day – when they tied the knot.

Kirk ‘Seamus’ Robertson and his Vietnamese partner, Pham Thu Thuong Nguyen, known as Thuong, were married at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oxford, North Canterbury on Saturday. Continue reading

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