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Essential Skills Work Visa Policy Changes

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From: Samuel Mills

Dear Iain Lees-Galloway,

We seek the release of any information related to the Essential Skills Work Visa Policy changes, of particular interest are:

Any documents or correspondence from the Minister of Immigration reporting back to Cabinet on the outcomes of the consultation and any changes to the proposals and any implementation plan including the financial implications of the proposals.

We also seek any documents or correspondence from the Minister of Immigration, the Minister of Education, the Minister for Social Development and Minister of Employment on proposals to support domestic labour market outcomes by aligning the education/skills, welfare, and immigration systems at a regional level.

Relevant documents or correspondence between the Minister of Immigration and Immigration New Zealand would also be appreciated.

Yours faithfully,

Sam

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From: I Lees-Galloway (MIN)
Iain Lees-Galloway

On behalf of Hon Iain Lees-Galloway, Minister of Immigration, Minister for
ACC and Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety thank you for your
email. Please consider this email as an acknowledgement.

Thank you for taking the time to write and please be assured that your
comments will be read by the Minister. However, there may be no further
response to you.

Kind regards,

Office of Hon Iain Lees-Galloway

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From: I Lees-Galloway (MIN)
Iain Lees-Galloway

Good Afternoon,

We acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 13 June 2019 for,

We seek the release of any information related to the Essential Skills Work Visa Policy changes, of particular interest are:
Any documents or correspondence from the Minister of Immigration reporting back to Cabinet on the outcomes of the consultation and any changes to the proposals and any implementation plan including the financial implications of the proposals.
We also seek any documents or correspondence from the Minister of Immigration, the Minister of Education, the Minister for Social Development and Minister of Employment on proposals to support domestic labour market outcomes by aligning the education/skills, welfare, and immigration systems at a regional level.
Relevant documents or correspondence between the Minister of Immigration and Immigration New Zealand would also be appreciated.

We received your request on 13 June 2019. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than being 20 working days after the day your request was received.

If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If your OIA request requires full or part transfer, we will contact you within the required timeframe.

Yours Sincerely

Office Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
Minister of Immigration
Minister for ACC
Deputy Leader of the House | MP for Palmerston North
P: 64 (4) 817 8713
Authorised by Hon Iain Lees-Galloway, Wellington

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Iain Lees-Galloway


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Good Afternoon,

Please find attached a response to your OIA request from Hon Iain Lees-Galloway.

Kind regards,

Office Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
Minister of Immigration
Minister for ACC
Deputy Leader of the House | MP for Palmerston North
P: 64 (4) 817 8713
Authorised by Hon Iain Lees-Galloway, Wellington

Email disclaimer: Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers' portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you'd like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

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