Ref: 2021-0407

 

Dear Sumit,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 21 August 2020 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

I would like to know the update on the allocation of non-priority queue of
SMC Residence Visa please.

 

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

 

[3]www.govt.nz - your guide to finding and using New Zealand government
services

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2. mailto:[MBIE request email]
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Dear Sumit Rawtani

 

In order that I can determine your eligibility  to make a request under
the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA, see section 12), please confirm
and provide evidence that you fall into one  of the following categories:

(a) a New Zealand citizen; or

(b) a permanent resident of New Zealand; or

(c) a person who is in New Zealand;

Please provide this information by 1 September 2020.

 

In addition, I am writing to clarify your request as currently it is not
clear what information you are requesting.  Are you asking for the date of
the oldest application in the non-priority skilled residence queue?

 

Please note that Immigration New Zealand (INZ) does not have a specific
Skilled Migrant Category (SMC) queue but one for skilled residence
applications, which includes SMC and Resident from Work (RFW)
applications. The applications are not split into two separate queues
based on the application category.

 

Any clarification or amendment of an OIA request is considered to be a new
request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory timeframe for
response in line with section 15(1AA) of the OIA.

 

If you have any questions you can contact me.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Anna McLachlan

BUSINESS ADVISOR

 

Operations Support, Border and Visa Operations Branch

Immigration New Zealand, Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

[1][email address]

Level 1, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6011

 

 

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Dear Sumit Rawtani

 

Further to my earlier email, if you do not wish to provide evidence of
your eligibility via the FYI website, you can email it to me directly by
entering my name into the following email format:
firstname[DOT]lastname@mbie[DOT]govt[DOT]nz

 

Kind regards

 

 

Anna McLachlan

BUSINESS ADVISOR

 

Operations Support, Border and Visa Operations Branch

Immigration New Zealand, Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

[1][email address]

Level 1, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6011

 

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Dear Sumit Rawtani

 

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Anna McLachlan

BUSINESS ADVISOR

 

Operations Support, Border and Visa Operations Branch

Immigration New Zealand, Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

[1][email address]

Level 1, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6011

 

 

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