Ref: 2122-1626

 

Dear Grant Johnson,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 16^th February 2022 requesting under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

                            

‘On INZ's website, on the page entitled "Skilled Migrant Category and
Residence from Work processing times"
([1]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...),
there is a table entitled "Total number of skilled residence
applications".

 

As of 16 February, the table is still showing the number of applications
as of 17 January. Despite saying the table is "updated fortnightly", it
has not been updated since.

Can you please provide the updated numbers of applications in each of the
skilled residence queues listed in the table (General Queue and Priority
Queue), for the following dates:

31 January 2022

14 February 2022

If there are other fortnightly dates that have occurred between when I'm
sending this (16 February) and when you provide the reply, please include
them, as well.’

 

 

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 [2][MBIE request email].

 

Nâku noa, nâ

 

Ministerial Services

Corporate, Governance and Information  |   Ngâ Pou o te Taumaru

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

 

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Kia ora Grant

Thank you for your request for official information of 16 February 2022 below.

Due to the resumption of offshore application processing and the introduction of the 2021 Resident Visa, Immigration New Zealand has been working on updated skilled residence date on its website, and as such there was a delay in uploading fortnightly updates. Updated data as at 14 February 2022 is now publicly available on the INZ website at the link you have provided.

We trust this answers your request. Should you have further queries, please contact [email address].

Regards,
Jack

-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Johnson <[FOI #18575 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2022 10:51 am
To: *OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Updated numbers of Skilled Residence applications in queues

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

On INZ's website, on the page entitled "Skilled Migrant Category and Residence from Work processing times" (https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...), there is a table entitled "Total number of skilled residence applications".

As of 16 February, the table is still showing the number of applications as of 17 January. Despite saying the table is "updated fortnightly", it has not been updated since.

Can you please provide the updated numbers of applications in each of the skilled residence queues listed in the table (General Queue and Priority Queue), for the following dates:

31 January 2022

14 February 2022

If there are other fortnightly dates that have occurred between when I'm sending this (16 February) and when you provide the reply, please include them, as well.

Thank you for your assistance on this matter.

Yours faithfully,

Grant Johnson

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