On behalf of Hon Iain Lees-Galloway, Minister of Immigration, Minister for
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Good Afternoon

We acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 11 October 2019 for:

How many 'low skilled' migrants on temporary visas will face the stand down period and be required to leave NZ in 2020?

Please provide this information, along with a table showing a break down of length of stay in NZ for the migrants that will face stand down e.g. 3 - 4 years in NZ (200 people), 4 - 5 years in NZ (500 people), 5 - 6 years in NZ (700 people), 6 - 7 years in NZ (X amount of people)

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 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 | E: [Iain Lees-Galloway request email]
Authorised by Hon Iain Lees-Galloway, Wellington

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Good afternoon

I refer to your official information request dated 11 October 2019 for:

How many 'low skilled' migrants on temporary visas will face the stand down period and be required to leave NZ in 2020?

Please provide this information, along with a table showing a break down of length of stay in NZ for the migrants that will face stand down e.g. 3 - 4 years in NZ (200 people), 4 - 5 years in NZ (500 people), 5 - 6 years in NZ (700 people), 6 - 7 years in NZ (X amount of people)

We have transferred your request to the Ministry for Business and Innovation, as the information to which your request relates to is not held by us but is believed to be held by INZ.

In these circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the Official Information Act to transfer your request.

You will hear further from INZ concerning your request.

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 | E: [Iain Lees-Galloway request email]
Authorised by Hon Iain Lees-Galloway, Wellington

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Dear Sarah,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 15^th September requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

“How many 'low skilled' migrants on temporary visas will face the stand
down period and be required to leave NZ in 2020?

 

Please provide this information, along with a table showing a break down
of length of stay in NZ for the migrants that will face stand down e.g. 3
- 4 years in NZ (200 people), 4 - 5 years in NZ (500 people), 5 - 6 years
in NZ (700 people), 6 - 7 years in NZ (X amount of people)”

 

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course. If you have any enquiries regarding
your request feel free to contact us via email [1][email address] or
using the contact details below.

 

 

Nâku noa, nâ,

 

 

Katie Wellington

MANAGER, MINISTERIAL SERVICES

 

Corporate, Governance and Information

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

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Dear Sarah,

 

Please find the attached correspondence regarding your request under the
Official Information Act 1982.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Chung Man Charmaine Ho

BUSINESS ADVISOR

Operations Support | Border and Visa Operations
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
[1][email address] | Telephone: +64 (9) 928 2109

Level 1, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011

NZBN 9429000106078

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Hi Sarah

 

Please find attach response to your official information request.

 

It is also important to note that in mid-2020, the current system of
assessing jobs based on skill bands will change. We will classify jobs as
low-or high paid based on whether they are paid above or below the median
New Zealand wage, instead of using a combination of the ANZSCO
classification and pay to determine skill bands. Further information on
the change can be found at
[1]https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us...,
this is to further reiterate that it is not possible to determine an exact
number of those what will become subject to stand down period by 2020.

 

Regards

 

Ileini Taloa

Business Advisor

 

Border and Visa Operations Branch, Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

[2][email address]

Level 1, 15 Sout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6011

 

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