Offshore visa

divakar made this Official Information request to Kris Faafoi

Response to this request is long overdue. By law Kris Faafoi should have responded by now (details and exceptions). The requester can complain to the Ombudsman.

From: divakar

Dear Kris Faafoi,

I was onshore when I applied my SMC visa and just because I am offshore now doesnt not mean I am an offshore applicant and my application should be on hold. I do have my job until date and request you to consider my application as onshore as I was in Nz when I submitted this

Yours faithfully,
Divakar

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From: K Faafoi (MIN)
Kris Faafoi

Kia ora,

On behalf of Hon Kris Faafoi, thank you for your email. 

While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important, and all
messages are carefully read and considered, it is not always possible to
personally reply to all emails.  As such, the following guidelines apply:

·        Invitations and meeting requests will be processed as soon as
possible and a staff member will be in contact with you in due course

·        All media queries will be responded to by a staff member

·        Requests for official information will be managed in accordance
with the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982, which may
include transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency

·        If your email falls outside of the Minister’s portfolio
responsibilities, expresses a personal view, or is copied to multiple
Members of Parliament, then your opinion will be noted and your
correspondence may be transferred to another office, or there may be no
further response to you

Thank you for the taking the time to write.

Nga mihi,

Office of Hon Kris Faafoi

Minister of Justice, Minister of Immigration, Minister for Broadcasting
and Media

Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

Authorised by Hon Kris Faafoi MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011

 

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From: K Faafoi (MIN)
Kris Faafoi

Dear Divakar

On behalf of Hon Kris Faafoi, Minister of Jusitce, Minister of Immigration, and Minister for Broadcasting and Media I acknowledge receipt of your email requesting information under Section 12 of the Official Information Act 1982.

Your request was received in this Office on 9 June 2021 and will be responded to under the provisions of the Official Information Act.

Yours sincerely
Office of Hon Kris Faafoi
Minister of Justice, Minister of Immigration, Minister for Broadcasting and Media
Executive Wing | Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

Authorised by Hon Kris Faafoi MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011

Disclaimer: Please note information about meetings or events related to the Minister's portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you'd like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

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From: divakar [mailto:[FOI #15721 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 8 June 2021 8:00 PM
To: K Faafoi (MIN) <[Kris Faafoi request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Offshore visa

Dear Kris Faafoi,

I was onshore when I applied my SMC visa and just because I am offshore now doesnt not mean I am an offshore applicant and my application should be on hold. I do have my job until date and request you to consider my application as onshore as I was in Nz when I submitted this

Yours faithfully,
Divakar

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From: Ceinwen Kelly

Dear Divakar

I am unable to locate your file please could you provide full identity details, name, contact information, INZ client or application number.

Kind regards

Kelly

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From: divakar [mailto:[FYI request #15721 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 8 June 2021 8:00 PM
To: K Faafoi (MIN) <[Kris Faafoi request email]>
Subject: OIA21-119 Official Information request - Offshore visa

Dear Kris Faafoi,

I was onshore when I applied my SMC visa and just because I am offshore now doesnt not mean I am an offshore applicant and my application should be on hold. I do have my job until date and request you to consider my application as onshore as I was in Nz when I submitted this

Yours faithfully,
Wednesday 7 July 2021
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From: divakar

Dear Ceinwen Kelly,

My passport number is M8033739
I currently have 2 visa under process. I submitted my SMC while I was onshore

Please let me know whats the next plan or what should I do
Yours sincerely,

divakar

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From: Ceinwen Kelly

Dear Divakar

I need to be able to identify you correctly before I can look at your file, please could you email me from the email address that is used for your immigration file.

Yours sincerely

Ceinwen Kelly | Private Secretary Associate Immigration | Office of Hon Phil Twyford
Minister for Disarmament & Arms Control | Minister of State for Trade & Export Growth
Associate Minister for the Environment | Associate Minister of Immigration
MP for Te Atatū

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From: divakar [mailto:[FOI #15721 email]]
Sent: Friday, 11 June 2021 2:32 PM
To: Ceinwen Kelly <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FW: OIA21-119 Divakar

Dear Ceinwen Kelly,

My passport number is M8033739
I currently have 2 visa under process. I submitted my SMC while I was onshore

Please let me know whats the next plan or what should I do Yours sincerely,

divakar

-----Original Message-----

Dear Divakar

I am unable to locate your file please could you provide full identity details, name, contact information, INZ client or application number.

Kind regards

Kelly

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From: divakar

Dear Ceinwen Kelly,

The email address used to lodge the file was [email address]

Yours sincerely,

divakar

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From: Hon Phil Twyford

Dear Divakar

Please could you email me directly from that email address?

Thanks very much

Ceinwen Kelly | Private Secretary Associate Immigration | Office of Hon Phil Twyford
Minister for Disarmament & Arms Control | Minister of State for Trade & Export Growth
Associate Minister for the Environment | Associate Minister of Immigration
MP for Te Atatū

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From: divakar [mailto:[FOI #15721 email]]
Sent: Monday, 14 June 2021 9:40 AM
To: Ceinwen Kelly <[email address]>
Subject: RE: FW: OIA21-119 Divakar

Dear Ceinwen Kelly,

The email address used to lodge the file was [email address]

Yours sincerely,

divakar

-----Original Message-----

Dear Divakar

I need to be able to identify you correctly before I can look at your file, please could you email me from the email address that is used for your immigration file.

Yours sincerely

Ceinwen Kelly | Private Secretary Associate Immigration | Office of Hon Phil Twyford Minister for Disarmament & Arms Control | Minister of State for Trade & Export Growth Associate Minister for the Environment | Associate Minister of Immigration MP for Te Atatū

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From: divakar

Dear Hon Phil Twyford,

Can you please tell me your email address so I can send it to you

Yours sincerely,

divakar

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From: Hon Phil Twyford



On behalf of Hon Phil Twyford, thank you for your email.

 

While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important and all
messages are carefully read and considered, it is not possible to provide
a personal response to every email which is received.

 

Where the Minister has portfolio responsibility for the issues that you
have raised, your correspondence will be responded to where appropriate.
If your email falls outside of Minister Twyford’s portfolio
responsibilities, we will transfer it to the appropriate office.

 

Invitation and meeting requests will be processed as soon as possible and
we will contact you to advise of the outcome.

 

If you are a constituent writing about a Te Atatu electorate issue, you
will get a response shortly.

 

For urgent queries around Managed Isolation availability  and/or
exemptions: go to miq.govt.nz  

 

For information on COVID-19, including the latest updates, go to
covid19.govt.nz

 

For immigration and visa advice: contact the call centre which is open 
6:00am Monday to midnight on Saturday (NZT).

 

[1]https://www.immigration.govt.nz/contact

 

For urgent housing or benefit enquiries:

∙             Call 0800 559 009 (for under 65)

∙             Call 0800 552 002 (for over 65)

 

Information on Work and Income’s opening hours over the Christmas and New
Year Period is available here:
[2]www.workandincome.govt.nz/about-work-and-income/news/2020/christmas-new-year-holiday-information.html

 

If you need treatment or support for your health or wellbeing the
following options are available.

 

Healthline – You can call Healthline for health advice on freephone 0800
611 116 at any time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Healthline staff
can advise you on the best thing to do in your situation, including which
services are near you and open.

 

1737 – If you need to talk to someone about how you are feeling, you can
call or text 1737 for free at any time to talk to a trained counsellor.

 

Mental health crisis teams – If you are concerned that someone is going to
hurt themselves or someone else, you can all your local mental health
crisis team. A full list of numbers is available here:
[3]www.health.govt.nz/your-health/services-and-support/health-care-services/mental-health-services/crisis-assessment-teams

 

For Police assistance In an emergency call 111.

For everything else use 105.

You can also make a report online at [4]105.police.govt.nz,

 

Thank you again for taking the time to write.

 

Office of Hon Phil Twyford

Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

Office Phone: +64 4 817 8704      Email: [email address]

 

Disclaminer: please note information about meetings related to the
Ministers’ portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include
personal or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary
would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location,
who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with
the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation
will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or
meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
[5]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

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From: Hon Phil Twyford

Here is the email address

[email address]

Kind regards

-----Original Message-----
From: divakar [mailto:[FYI request #15721 email]]
Sent: Monday, 14 June 2021 9:13 PM
To: Hon Phil Twyford <[email address]>
Subject: RE: FW: OIA21-119 Divakar

Dear Hon Phil Twyford,

Can you please tell me your email address so I can send it to you

Yours sincerely,

divakar

-----Original Message-----

Dear Divakar

Please could you email me directly from that email address?

Thanks very much

Ceinwen Kelly | Private Secretary Associate Immigration | Office of Hon Phil Twyford Minister for Disarmament & Arms Control | Minister of State for Trade & Export Growth Associate Minister for the Environment | Associate Minister of Immigration MP for Te Atatū

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From: divakar

Dear Hon Phil Twyford,

Thank you for your response
However due to privacy reasons the email address is not showing up on my end
Yours sincerely,

divakar

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From: Hon Phil Twyford

You may find the Minister's contact details on his website page as below:

https://www.labour.org.nz/philtwyford

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From: divakar [mailto:[FOI #15721 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2021 12:19 PM
To: Hon Phil Twyford <[email address]>
Subject: RE: FW: OIA21-119 Divakar

Dear Hon Phil Twyford,

Thank you for your response
However due to privacy reasons the email address is not showing up on my end Yours sincerely,

divakar

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Here is the email address

[email address]

Kind regards

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