The Embassy, through the New Zealand Science and Innovation Promotion Fund, was pleased to support the visit by Phil Beatson to Osorno to present on “The impact of sexed semen in New Zealand Dairy Systems” at a seminar on “New Technologies for the Dairy Sector” organised by Santo Tomas University and the milk producers association Aproleche.

A “Doing Business with the Asia Pacific” seminar was organised by Peru’s Ministry of Trade and Tourism on 27 October. The aim of the seminar was to allow TPP participating countries the opportunity to showcase what they have to offer, and to give small and medium-sized enterprises in Peru an introduction to the business environment in other TPP countries.

The Chilean National Emergency Office (ONEMI) has lowered the official alert for the Hudson volcano from Red to Yellow. The alert remains in force for the regions of Aysén, Río Ibáñez and Chile Chico (all in southern Chile).  

While seismic activity in the area of the Hudson volcano has reduced substantially, the alert notice emphasizes that the earlier episode appears to be part of an ongoing process which could again become a major eruption. 

Visa applications received until 25 November will be processed before we close. Those received after that date will be assessed in January when we return.
Please take into consideration these dates when preparing and sending your applications.

We remind you that the visa process takes 20 working days from the date documents and visa fee payment are confirmed. Applications are processed by date of arrival and not date of travel.