05 August 2020
Ryan Potts
[FYI request #12752 email]
File No: DOIA 1920 – 1550
Dear Ryan Potts
Thank you for your email on 01 May 2020, requesting the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the OIA):
1) The total number of successful Skil ed Migrant Category applicants during the period 2013-19
who were employed in the fol owing occupations:
•
342411 Cabler (Data and Telecommunications)
•
342412 Telecommunications Cable Jointer
•
342414 Telecommunications Technician.
2) Please also disclose the number of these applicants who were employed under the Ultra Fast
Broadband (UFB) Programme.
Our response
The total number of successful Skil ed Migrant Category applicants during the period 2013-19 who
were employed in the fol owing occupations:
•
342411 Cabler (Data and Telecommunications)
•
342412 Telecommunications Cable Jointer
•
342414 Telecommunications Technician.
1) Response to question one please refer to the below table.
Approved applicants for ANZSCO codes 342411, 342412, and 342414 for the period 1 January
2013 to 31 December 2019.
Occupation Code
Occupation
Count
342411
Cabler (Data and Telecommunications)
103
342412
Telecommunications Cable Jointer
87
342414
Telecommunications Technician
386
Total
576
2) Please also disclose the number of these applicants who were employed under the Ultra Fast
Broadband (UFB) Programme.
In order to provide the requested information, Immigration New Zealand (INZ) would need to
manually check the records for every Skilled Migrant Category visa application and their employer,
or the employer they had a job offer from. Your request is therefore refused under section 18(f) of
the OIA, as the information requested cannot be made available without substantial collation or
research.
I have considered whether the Ministry would be able to respond to your request given extra time
or the ability to charge for the information requested. I have concluded that, in both cases, the
Ministry’s ability to undertake its work would still be compromised.
I have also considered whether consulting with you would assist you to make the request in a form
that would remove the reason for the refusal, but in my view it would not.
You have the right to contest the decision to withhold information by seeking an investigation and
review of that decision by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, please contact Adam Jones,
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
