The press in New Zealand is reporting about a recently married man, who has been refused to bring his Eritrean wife with him to New Zealand after he returned from a job assignment in Eritrea. The issue highlights the importance of non bureaucratic laws as well as the need for legislative flexibility in certain cases.

Legislation in New Zealand requires the husband Greg Cromack to be married to his wife Saba Cromack for at least one year, before he will be granted permission to live together with her in New Zealand.

Plenty of such laws have been introduced around the world, in order to minimise the number of false marriages for immigration purposes.

Mr Cromack, who happens to be the new owner of a software business, which is selling a hotel management system called G4 with good prospects to expand globally, has no intention to be separated from his wife for such a long period. Read the full story