Ref: 2122- 2374

 

Dear Kirtika

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 22^nd of June 2022 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

“I would like to know

 

1. How many Culturally Arranged Marriage applications are pending to be
assigned a case officer as of 22nd June 2022 ?

 

2. How many applications are approved and declined to date?

 

3. Will there be changes to the processing time to CAM applications due to
the time limit placed on it?

 

4. Is there any way a person can find out what number is their application
in the queue to get a sense of peace?”

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 feel free to contact us via email [1][MBIE request email] or
using the contact details below.

 

Nâku noa, nâ

 

Ministerial Services

 

Ngâ Pou o te Taumaru

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

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Kia ora Kritika,

 

We are writing to clarify your request for information under the Official
Information Act (OIA).

 

With regards to the second point of your request, “How many applications
are approved and declined to date?,” can you please clarify whether you
want data for a particular date range or wanting to know how many
applications are approved and declined from the beginning of the visa’s
existence to date?

 

Please note any clarification or amendment of a request is considered to
be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory
timeframe for response (see section [15(1AA) of the Act).

 

 

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Business Management Team, Enablement

Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment - Hîkina Whakatutuki

Level 1, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140,
New Zealand

 

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Kia ora Kritika,

 

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request.

 

Ngā Mihi,

 

Richa Trivedi (She/her)

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TEAM

Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140 NZBN 9429000106078

 

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Ref: 2223- 0118

 

Dear Kirtika,

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

“What is the date of the recent allocated File for a CAM visa Application
and how many other applications are awaiting a case officer?”

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 feel free to contact us via email [1][MBIE request email] or
using the contact details below.

 

Nâku noa, nâ

 

Ministerial Services

 

Ngâ Pou o te Taumaru

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

NZBN 9429000106078

 

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Kia ora Kirtika,

 

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request.

 

Ngā Mihi,

 

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TEAM

Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

NZBN 9429000106078

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