Dear Rachel,

Your enquiry has been passed on to the Immigration Contact Centre.

The information you seek is available at the following link: https://www.immigration.govt.nz/knowledg...

Skilled Resident Visas include the 2021 Resident Visa.

Kind regards.

Anil Pereira
CLIENT SERVICES ADVISOR
Immigration Contact Centre | Te Whakatairanga - Service Delivery
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE)
+64 (9) 914 4100
PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140, New Zealand

On 11/11/2022 12:20 pm, Ministerial Services "[email address]" wrote:
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> From: Rachel <[FYI request #21097 email]>
> Sent: Thursday, 10 November 2022 4:38 PM
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> Subject: Official Information request - Request to know the process of requesting priority allocation for 2021 residency visas as per Nicola Hogg's comments in the RNZ article 10.11.22
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> Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,
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> I am a New Zealand Permanent Resident and can provide my passport on request.
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> I would please like to know the process to request priority allocation for 2021 Residency based on an applicant's or their family's personal circumstances as mentioned by Border and visa operations general manager Nicola Hogg in a recent interview with RNZ.
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> Please see the below link and quote:
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> "At this point, when Mr xxxxx' application has moved to the assessment stage, he could request priority allocation based on his or his family's personal circumstances."
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> Yours faithfully,
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> Rachel
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Ref: 2223-1004

 

Dear Rachel,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 11^th November 2022 requesting under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

“Thank you for your response.

Respectfully it does not answer my request for information. The request
submitted asked about escalations of 2021 Residency visas and the
escalation process that Nicola Hogg described in her interview.

The link you provided references escalations for Employment Visas only.

 

Please provide a full response outlining the process that Border and visa
operations general manager Nicola Hogg was referencing.”

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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Dear Rachael,

 

Thank you for your email of 11 November 2022 to the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment (MBIE), requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:

 

“Thank you for your response. Respectfully it does not answer my request
for information. The request submitted asked about escalations of 2021
Residency visas and the escalation process that Nicola Hogg described in
her interview. The link you provided references escalations for Employment
Visas only. Please provide a full response outlining the process that
Border and visa operations general manager Nicola Hogg was referencing.”

 

Your query has been referred to our team and we will provide you a
response as general correspondence.

 

The response that you received on 11 November 2022 in regards to the
prioritisation process provided the correct process.  Any requests for
prioritisation of employment based visas, including applications submitted
under the 2021 Residence Visa category, are to be made via the Employment
Visa Escalation process.

 

The Radio New Zealand article contained a sentence stating that ‘..we are
currently looking at options to see how we might give priority to 2021
Resident Visa applications involving separate families…’ and an item
specific to this situation is now available on the Immigration New Zealand
website.  The following link provides information on this  [1]Update on
2021 Resident Visa prioritisation | Immigration New Zealand

 

If you have any further questions, feel free to submit a new request via
our online form -
[2]https://www.mbie.govt.nz/about/open-gove...

 

Yours sincerely”

 

 

Ngâ mihi,

Business Management Team

Enablement, Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

 

NZBN 9429000106078

 

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