Ref: 2021-1649

 

Dear Chintan Patel

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 26^th February 2021, requesting under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

“I am requesting below data. 1) Number of pending non-priority on shore
application from 26th July 2019 to 24 Sept 2019, data per monthly will be
appreciate. 2) Number of pending priority application in queue till the
date. 3) NZRP pending quota for 2019 and 2020.”

 

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

 

If you have any enquiries regarding your request, or its urgency, feel
free to contact us via email at [1][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 Chintan Patel,

 

Thank you for your email below received on 26 February 2021 requesting the
following:

 

1) “Number of pending non-priority on shore application from 26th July
2019 to 24 Sept 2019, data per monthly will be appreciate.

2) Number of pending priority application in queue till the date.

3) NZRP pending quota for 2019 and 2020.”

 

As we have recently released this information I am responding to your OIA
request as general correspondence.

 

Please refer to INZ response to OIA request reference DOIA 2021-1639
published on the FYI website on 23 March 2021:
[1]https://fyi.org.nz/request/14768-the-all...

 

This response provides that as if 09 March 2021, INZ is allocating
Non-prioritised SMC and RFW applications received in August 2019. The
response also provides figures in table two on the number of unallocated
skilled residence applications in the priority queue as at 09 March 2021,
broken down by the month the applications were accepted for processing.

 

Allocations of applications to immigration officers occur weekly and the
number of applications that are allocated is dependent upon processing
capacity.  The Government is currently reviewing its approach to the New
Zealand Residence Programme (NZRP) and is considering replacing the
planning range with a more targeted approach that focuses on management of
specific residence visa types.  In the meantime, INZ will continue to
process applications at the same volume and with the same level of
resourcing as the previous NZRP allowed for. This has an impact on the
number of applications that can be allocated and the timeliness of
application processing.

 

If you require any further information that INZ has not covered in
previous OIA requests published online, feel free to log a new request.

 

 

Kind Regards,

Lautalie Leausa Vaa
SENIOR BUSINESS ADVISOR

Operations Support, Border & Visa Operations, Immigration New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

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Level 1, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140, New Zealand

 

From: chintan patel <[FYI request #14780 email]>
Sent: Friday, 26 February 2021 2:52 PM
To: *OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Total number of pending onshore
SMC from 25July 2019 to 24 Sept 2019 and NZRP quote data

 

BVO

 

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

 

My name is Chintan Patel and I am here on Silver fern Practical work visa,
And waiting for my SMC application to be allocate CO, My lodgement date is
24th Sept 2019.

 

I am working as Developer in IT firm and living with my wife and my son.

 

I am waiting for long time to our SMC application to be assign for
process.

This wait time is getting worse for our family and we want to get idea
what going in INZ as since more than 2 weeks queue is not going further it
stay at 26th July since last month.

 

I am requesting below data.

 

1) Number of pending non-priority on shore application from 26th July 2019
to 24 Sept 2019, data per monthly will be appreciate.

 

2) Number of pending priority application in queue till the date. – DOIA
2021-1639 Response

 

3) NZRP pending quota for 2019 and 2020.

 

thank you in advanced for your work.

 

Yours faithfully,

Chintan Patel

 

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