Current Skilled Migrant Category internal prioritisation and oldest application in the backlog
Junlong made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
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      From: Junlong
      
    
    Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,
I am writing to mainly request for the information below:
1. Could you please provide the current version of the internally set prioritisation criteria for Skilled Migrant Category application? And if there is any link we can follow for the update of this criteria?
2. In this FYI resource (https://fyi.org.nz/request/11454/respons...), I saw the point 3 in the response of Question 1-2, it's mentioned that Offer from Accredited Employer is listed as a priority to be processed.
I wonder who and how I should inform when my employer becomes the Accredited Employer so my application could be prioritised? And after that, how long will it take before my application is allocated to a Case Officer?
3. May I request the oldest SMC application in the backlog as at the time this request is being reviewed?
4. Is there any government meeting notes mentioning that the current internal prioritisation criteria will be taken away, or any changes will be applied to these criteria?
Yours faithfully,
Junlong Wang
        From: Ministerial Services
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Ref: 1920-1065
 
Dear Junlong,
 
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
 acknowledge your email of 9 January 2020 requesting under the Official
 Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:
 
1. Could you please provide the current version of the internally set
 prioritisation criteria for Skilled Migrant Category application? And if
 there is any link we can follow for the update of this criteria?
 
2. In this FYI resource
 (https://fyi.org.nz/request/11454/respons...),
 I saw the point 3 in the response of Question 1-2, it's mentioned that
 Offer from Accredited Employer is listed as a priority to be processed.
 
I wonder who and how I should inform when my employer becomes the
 Accredited Employer so my application could be prioritised? And after
 that, how long will it take before my application is allocated to a Case
 Officer?
 
3. May I request the oldest SMC application in the backlog as at the time
 this request is being reviewed?
 
4. Is there any government meeting notes mentioning that the current
 internal prioritisation criteria will be taken away, or any changes will
 be applied to these criteria?
 
Please note that the days from 25 December 2019 to 15 January 2020
 (inclusive) are defined as non- working days in the Act and are not
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 will be sent to you in due course. If you have any enquiries regarding
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Yours sincerely,
 
MINISTERIAL SERVICES
 
Corporate, Governance and Information
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
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        From: Ileini Taloa
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Greetings Junlong Wang
 
I am currently working on the response to your information received on the
 9 January 2020.
 
Before I proceed, can you clarify the following part of your request?
 
3. May I request the oldest SMC application in the backlog as at the time
 this request is being reviewed?
                
My interpretation : What is the date for the oldest application in the
 skilled migration queue pending allocation?
 
Or you after a copy or details of the oldest application in the queue?
 
Please provide a response by  COB Friday  7^th February 2020. If a
 response is not received by then, I will proceed with your request with
 the interpretation noted above.
 
Kind Regards  
 
 
Ileini Taloa
Business Advisor
 
Border and Visa Operations Branch, Immigration New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
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Level 1, 15 Sout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6011
 
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      From: Junlong
      
    
    Dear Ileini Taloa,
Thanks for your reply.
You're right that I was referring the date of the oldest application in the SMC backlog at current date. But if you can provide more details about that, that's very helpful too!
Yours sincerely,
Junlong
        From: Ileini Taloa
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Greetings Junlong
 
This email is to advice you that the due date for your official
 information request has been extended.
 
Please refer attached letter for details regarding the extension.
 
Regards
 
 
Ileini Taloa
Business Advisor
 
Border and Visa Operations Branch, Immigration New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
[1][email address]
Level 1, 15 Sout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6011
 
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        From: Margaret Huang
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Dear Junlong,
 
Please find our response to your OIA request attached.
 
Kind regards,
 
Margaret Huang
BUSINESS ADVISOR
 
Operations Support, Immigration New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
 
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      From: Junlong
      
    
    Dear Margaret Huang,
Thanks for your update. However, I feel it is hard to understand the attached meeting notes. Would you mind explaining a bit how it relates to the plan of possible changes to the priority criteria of SMC?
Yours sincerely,
Junlong
        From: Ileini Taloa
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Hi Junlong
Your email has been forwarded to me for a response. 
The meeting notes as they are, noted taken by those present at the meeting. 
It is important to note that these meeting notes as related to the changes made effective on the 24 February 2020.
Please refer to the link for further information on this.
https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us... 
Regards
Ileini
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