Ref: 2021-0127

 

Dear Liz,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 14 July 2020 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

I applied for my husband residence visa on the 10th of January 2020.

Is this on the priority or non-priority queue?

How many residence visas will be approved?

About how long more will take my residence visa to be assess?

How are the queues doing?

 

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course.

 

Please note, due to ongoing COVID-19 response work, requests are currently
being triaged and those relating to Covid-19 processed as a priority.
Remaining requests are being assessed as per the Ombudsman’s guidance
(which can be found here:
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/news/chief-ombudsmans-statement-official-information-response-times-during-covid-19-emergency)
and processed accordingly.

 

If you have any enquiries regarding your request, or its urgency, feel
free to contact us via email at [2][MBIE request email].

 

Nâku noa, nâ

MINISTERIAL SERVICES

 

Corporate, Governance and Information

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

NZBN 9429000106078

 

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Hi Liz

 

Thanks for your email on 14 July 2020 regarding your husband’s resident
visa (or yours? It’s not clear).

 

Evidence of eligibility

 

Under the Official Information Act 1982  requests can only be made by;

 

Any person, being

a New Zealand citizen; or

 a permanent resident of New Zealand; or

 a person who is in New Zealand; or

a body corporate which is incorporated in New Zealand; or

a body corporate which is incorporated outside of new Zealand but  which
has a place of business in New Zealand,

 

may request a department or Minister of the Crown or organisation to make 
available to him or it any specified official information.

From the information you have provided in your request it is unclear that 
you are entitled to make an Official Information Act request.

 

 Before we can proceed with your request you will need to provide
evidence  that you are entitled to make a request.  Any supporting
information can  be provided confidentially to me via email.

 

If you have not provided suitable evidence within 3 working days, we will 
treat your request as general correspondence and will respond accordingly.

 

Clarification of question 2 and 4

 

-        Please clarify your question 2 – how many residence visas will be
approved? - I’m not sure what you want to know, which type of resident
visa applications are you referring to? Is it Skilled Migrant Category? Is
it partnership category? Or something else? What do you mean by ‘will be
approved?’

-        Please clarify question 4 – how are the queues doing? – do you
want to know how many applications are still in the queues or something
else?

 

Transferring question 1 and 3 to Privacy Team

 

Question 1 – is this on the priority queue or non-priority queue

Question 3 – how long more will take my residence visa to be assesse?

 

We have transferred these questions to the Privacy Team at Immigration New
Zealand because it appears that these questions are about personal
information therefore they falls under Privacy Act 1993, rather than
Official Information Act 1982. Transfer is made in accordance with section
14(b)(i) and (ii) of the Official Information Act 1982 and section
39(b)(i) and (ii) of the Privacy Act 1993.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision to transfer. Information about how to make a complaint is
available at [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
<[2]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/> or Freephone 0800 802 602.

 

 

 

Dongrui Pang

BUSINESS ADVISOR

 

Operations Support, Border and Visa Operations Branch

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

[3][email address] | Telephone: +64 (04) 8965320

[4]www.immigration.govt.nz

 

NZBN 9429000106078

 

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Hi Liz

 

The below questions were transferred to us (the Privacy team). However, we
regret to inform you that these questions does not fall under the Privacy
act.

 

Question 1 – is this on the priority queue or non-priority queue

Question 3 – how long more will take my residence visa to be assessed?

 

If you’re enquiring information about a specific application such as the
status or timeframe, I would suggest that you contact our immigration
contact centre directly: [1]https://www.immigration.govt.nz/contact

 

Kind regards

Kelly Wu
SUPPORT OFFICER

Manukau Office – Visa Services, Immigration New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

Email: [2][email address]

Postal Address: PO Box 76895, Manukau, Auckland 2241, New Zealand

 

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Hi Liz

 

We wrote to you on 20 July 2020 requesting evidence of eligibility and
clarification of your questions. We have not heard from you as of today.

As stated in my email If you have not provided suitable evidence within 3
working days, we will  treat your request as general correspondence and
will respond accordingly.

 

However, it is unclear what you specifically want to know in your
questions 2 and 4, therefore we are unable to provide any information.

As such, your request under the Official Information Act 1982 has been
closed.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or free phone 0800 802 602.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Dongrui Pang

BUSINESS ADVISOR

 

Operations Support, Border and Visa Operations Branch

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

[1][email address] | Telephone: +64 (04) 8965320

[2]www.immigration.govt.nz

 

NZBN 9429000106078

 

 

 

From: Dongrui Pang
Sent: Monday, 20 July 2020 10:20 a.m.
To: [FOI #13318 email]
Subject: OIA request 2021-0127 [IN-CONFIDENCE:RELEASE EXTERNAL]

 

Hi Liz

 

Thanks for your email on 14 July 2020 regarding your husband’s resident
visa (or yours? It’s not clear).

 

Evidence of eligibility

 

Under the Official Information Act 1982  requests can only be made by;

 

Any person, being

a New Zealand citizen; or

 a permanent resident of New Zealand; or

 a person who is in New Zealand; or

a body corporate which is incorporated in New Zealand; or

a body corporate which is incorporated outside of new Zealand but  which
has a place of business in New Zealand,

 

may request a department or Minister of the Crown or organisation to make 
available to him or it any specified official information.

From the information you have provided in your request it is unclear that 
you are entitled to make an Official Information Act request.

 

 Before we can proceed with your request you will need to provide
evidence  that you are entitled to make a request.  Any supporting
information can  be provided confidentially to me via email.

 

If you have not provided suitable evidence within 3 working days, we will 
treat your request as general correspondence and will respond accordingly.

 

Clarification of question 2 and 4

 

-        Please clarify your question 2 – how many residence visas will be
approved? - I’m not sure what you want to know, which type of resident
visa applications are you referring to? Is it Skilled Migrant Category? Is
it partnership category? Or something else? What do you mean by ‘will be
approved?’

-        Please clarify question 4 – how are the queues doing? – do you
want to know how many applications are still in the queues or something
else?

 

Transferring question 1 and 3 to Privacy Team

 

Question 1 – is this on the priority queue or non-priority queue

Question 3 – how long more will take my residence visa to be assesse?

 

We have transferred these questions to the Privacy Team at Immigration New
Zealand because it appears that these questions are about personal
information therefore they falls under Privacy Act 1993, rather than
Official Information Act 1982. Transfer is made in accordance with section
14(b)(i) and (ii) of the Official Information Act 1982 and section
39(b)(i) and (ii) of the Privacy Act 1993.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision to transfer. Information about how to make a complaint is
available at [3]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
<[4]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/> or Freephone 0800 802 602.

 

 

 

Dongrui Pang

BUSINESS ADVISOR

 

Operations Support, Border and Visa Operations Branch

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

[5][email address] | Telephone: +64 (04) 8965320

[6]www.immigration.govt.nz

 

NZBN 9429000106078

 

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