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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aswin Shobhan <[FYI request #22411 email]>
> Sent: Thursday, 6 April 2023 1:43 pm
> To: *OIA <[email address]>
> Subject: Official Information request - Cannot work because Green List
Straight To Residence Visa Pending
>
> Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,
>
> My name is Aswin Shobhan.
> Application number: A2937576
> File number: 70051626
>
> On Nov 4th 2022, I had applied for Green List Straight To Residence Visa
and I have been waiting for the outcome since then.
>
> On 12th Feb 2023 my post study work visa expired and I was granted an
interim visa as a result of an application for a visitor visa to stay
here, in hopes INZ may process my visa in time.
>
> Today is 6th of April 2023, it has been almost two months since I have
been able to work and I am currently living off my savings. It took
immense hard work; actual material hours of work, to get a job as an
Electrical Engineer almost 3 years after my graduation. Even though my
company had the kind heart to maintain my position, it is only sensible to
assume that I could be at risk of losing my job if this condition
prolongs.
>
> To further add to my pathetic condition, a lot of people some of whom I
personally know and some of whose experiences are being shared on related
Facebook groups, who had applied under the same category of straight to
residency visa MUCH LATER than I have, have got their visa within a matter
of weeks and in one case mere days. Comparing myself to those close to me
who have got their visa, I see no difference between me and them in any
particular way.
>
> INZ says that they cannot escalate the process because the concerned
third party have their own schedule, but if I can call the INZ, a third
party to me, every week on the status of the visa, why can't my case not
be escalated, considering that I am deprived of being able to generate any
income for sustenance, to the concerned party at least on a humanitarian
basis?
>
> I hope that I may get some fair answer on the question of my condition.
>
> Yours faithfully,
>
> Aswin Shobhan
>
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> This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.
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