17 June 2020
Aaron Rees
[FYI request #12402 email]
Ref: DOIA 1920 – 1653
Dear Aaron Rees,
Thank you for your email on 25 May 2020, requesting the fol owing information under the Official Information
Act 1982 (the OIA):
I would like to know the answers to the fol owing questions regarding 'Partner of a New
Zealander work visa' applications being processed at the Hamilton INZ branch:
- How many 'Partner of a New Zealander work visa' applications are currently pending (i.e.
yet to be allocated to a case manager)?
- The last application to be allocated to a case manager was submitted to INZ on what
date?
- How many applications were assigned to case managers in the months of March, April
and May 2020?
Any answers to these questions wil be greatly appreciated Visa type: Partner of a New
Zealander work visa
We have interpreted Part B of your request to be for the date the oldest unal ocated partnership work visa
application (where the partner is a NZ citizen/resident) was submitted to Immigration New Zealand (INZ), and
held in the INZ Hamilton Office.
Our response
Part A:
As at 8 June 2020, there were a total of 801 unal ocated partnership work visa applications (where the partner
is a NZ citizen/resident) pending al ocation in the INZ Hamilton office.
Part B:
As at 27 May 2020, the oldest unal ocated partnership work visa application in the INZ Hamilton office (where
the partner is a NZ citizen/resident), was submitted to INZ on 05 December 2019.
Part C:
Please see table below showing the number of partnership work visa applications (where the partner is a NZ
citizen/resident) in the INZ Hamilton office that were assigned to a case officer in March, April and May 2020:
Month
Number of applications
March
992
April
329
May
446
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, please contact Lautalie Leausa Vaa, Senior
Business Advisor, Operations Support, Immigration New Zealand at
[email address].
Yours sincerely,
Nicola Hogg
General Manager – Border and Visa Operations
Immigration New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
