Ref: 1920-0811

 

Dear Allan,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 19 November 2019 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

“According to the SMC resident visa processing time on the INZ website,
50% of the applications completed in 5 months.

 

In May 2019, INZ accepted 1,025 SMC resident applications. So based on the
application processing time, 50% of the application completed processing
in October 2019 for May 2019 SMC applicants.

 

That means 1025/2 = 512.5 SMC resident visa applications from May 2019
completed processing.

 

Can I know is the stats right or wrong?

 

And is INZ lagging behind in the processing numbers?”

 

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][MBIE request email] or
using the contact details below.

 

 

Nâku noa, nâ,

 

 

MINISTERIAL SERVICES

 

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Dear Allan

Please find attached the response to your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982.

Yours sincerely

Anna McLachlan
BUSINESS ADVISOR

Operations Support, Border and Visa Operations Branch
Immigration New Zealand, Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

[email address]
Level 1, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6011

-----Original Message-----
From: Allan [mailto:[FOI #11686 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 19 November 2019 11:47 p.m.
To: *OIA
Subject: Official Information request - How many SMC resident visa application processed/completed in May 2019?

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

According to the SMC resident visa processing time on the INZ website, 50% of the applications completed in 5 months.

In May 2019, INZ accepted 1,025 SMC resident applications. So based on the application processing time, 50% of the application completed processing in October 2019 for May 2019 SMC applicants.

That means 1025/2 = 512.5 SMC resident visa applications from May 2019 completed processing.

Can I know is the stats right or wrong?

And is INZ lagging behind in the processing numbers?

Yours faithfully,
Allan

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