Kia Ora Thakkar
Thank you for contacting us.

Visitor visas are not schedule to re-open until October 2022, we are slowing introducing temporary visa applications at this stage.
I know this is not the answer you were hoping for, unfortunately this is the process we have in place.

Kind regards,
Jasmine
Customer Service Officer
Immigration Contact Centre | Market Services | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE)
PO Box 3705 | Wellington | New Zealand
Telephone: + 64 9 914 4100 | 0508 55 88 55

NZBN 9429000106078

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: P Thakkar <[FYI request #19039 email]>
> Sent: Sunday, 3 April 2022 1:26 PM
> To: *OIA <[email address]>
> Subject: Official Information request - Non-visa waiver countries visitor visa
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> Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,
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> Why is the visa processing for visitors including family members (especially parents) of NZ citizens, permanent residents and work visa holders still remains suspended and scheduled to restart from October?
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> As per the prime ministers' press conference on 16/03/2022, visa processing on hold was not a matter of Covid-19 safety that meant the border remained closed to non-visa waiver countries, but a matter of capacity in visa processing.
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> Prior to the pandemic, Immigration New Zealand processed such applications on a daily basis.
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> Why is Immigration New Zealand not ramping up its capacity for the families of non-visa waiver countries who are separated for a long time and will continue so with delays in visa processing?
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> It is great that NZ will get much needed tourists from visa waiver countries from May but there should be some consideration for those who consider NZ their home, to be able to be with their whanau after 2 years and for some even longer.
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> Yours faithfully,
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> P Thakkar
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