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SMC Visa application processing time

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From: Rakesh Bansal

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

I am writing to understand the processing time-frames for SMC visa application. As per website as on 5th January 2019, it takes 14 months to process 90% of applications but in reality the processing times are way longer. I will appreciate if you could advise on following questions:

1) What's the average waiting time for an application (which do not fall under internal priority criteria) to be assigned to an Case officer.
2) Whats the oldest application in the system that still awaits assigning to a case officer as on 5th January 2020.
3) How many applications lodged before 1st of Feb 2019 still awaits allocation to a case officer.
4) When is an application lodged and acknowledged around mid January 2019 is likely to be assigned to a case officer.

Yours faithfully,
Rakesh Bansal

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Dear Rakesh,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of Sunday 5^th January, requesting under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

“I am writing to understand the processing time-frames for SMC visa
application. As per website as on 5th January 2019, it takes 14 months to
process 90% of applications but in reality the processing times are way
longer. I will appreciate if you could advise on following questions: 1)
What's the average waiting time for an application (which do not fall
under internal priority criteria) to be assigned to an Case officer. 2)
Whats the oldest application in the system that still awaits assigning to
a case officer as on 5th January 2020. 3) How many applications lodged
before 1st of Feb 2019 still awaits allocation to a case officer. 4) When
is an application lodged and acknowledged around mid January 2019 is
likely to be assigned to a case officer.”

 

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Dear Rakesh,

 

Please find attached our response to your OIA request.

 

Kind regards,

 

Margaret Huang

BUSINESS ADVISOR

 

Operations Support, Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

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