Ref: 2021-0779

 

Dear Al,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 9^th October 2020 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

Please can I request the number of non-priority queue skilled migrant
residency visa applications made by onshore applicants between the 1 April
2019 and 1 January 2020?

If possible, please could I have this information broken down by the
number in each month in this period?

I.e., 'in April 2019, there were X number of non-priority skilled migrant
residency applications lodged by onshore applicants', and the same for
each subsequent month.

 

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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Dear Al Hall

 

I’m writing to you in regards to your email on 9/10/2020 requesting
information under the Official Information Act.

 

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 
close your request.

 

Regards

 

 

 

 

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Dear Al Hall

 

We wrote to you on 12/10/2020 requesting evidence of eligibility under the
OIA but have not heard from you as of today. As stated in my email, your
request has now 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
[1]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

 

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

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NZBN 9429000106078

 

 

 

 

From: Dongrui Pang
Sent: Monday, 12 October 2020 9:45 a.m.
To: [FOI #13941 email]
Subject: OIA 2021 -0779 [UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Dear Al Hall

 

I’m writing to you in regards to your email on 9/10/2020 requesting
information under the Official Information Act.

 

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 
close your request.

 

Regards

 

 

 

 

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