Ref: 2021-1829

Dear Philip,

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 17 March 2021 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

“1. How many Culturally Arranged Marriage visa application are currently
pending for allocation and also when they were lodged ? Request list with
Month and year they were lodged.

 

2. Average timeframe for Case officer allocation since 2019.

 

3. Average time for decision on the application from the time of
lodgement.  Please list out for 2019, 2020 and 2021”

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:
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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 Philip,

 

Please find attached a letter from Immigration New Zealand in regards to
your request under the Official Information Act, reference number DOIA
2021-1829.

 

 

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

 

 

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Dear Philip,

 

Please find attached is INZ’s response to your Official Information Act
request, reference: DOIA 2021-1829.

 

 

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

 

 

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