Ref: 2223-2818

 

Dear Jaskaran Walia

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your inquiry of 1 June 2023 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

“1) At the time of response, can you please provide stats below in an
excel format if possible for the last 3 quarterly EOI selection from the
queued pool.

 

Tab 1 - Nov'22 Selection - 370

Number of EOI selected from pool

Number of Applications representing the EOI Number of EOI declined Number
of EOI Withdrawn Number of ITA Sent Number of EOI where further
information requested and still waiting Number of Applications submitted
from ITA Number of approved application i.e. parent residency granted
after application submitted Number of declined applications i.e. parent
residency declined after application submitted Number of application still
being assessed after application submitted the application.

Drop off rate for Nov'22 selection

 

Tab 2 - Feb'23 Selection - 1100

Number of EOI selected from pool

Number of Applications representing the EOI Number of EOI declined Number
of EOI Withdrawn Number of ITA Sent Number of EOI where further
information requested and still waiting Number of Applications submitted
from ITA Number of approved application i.e. parent residency granted
after application submitted Number of declined applications i.e. parent
residency declined after application submitted Number of application still
being assessed after application submitted the application.

Drop off rate for Feb'23 selection

 

Tab 3 - May'23 Selection - 400

Number of EOI selected from pool

Number of Applications representing the EOI Number of EOI declined Number
of EOI Withdrawn Number of ITA Sent Number of EOI where further
information requested and still waiting Number of Applications submitted
from ITA Number of approved application i.e. parent residency granted
after application submitted Number of declined applications i.e. parent
residency declined after application submitted Number of application still
being assessed after application submitted the application.

Drop off rate for May'23 selection

 

2) If INZ is still awaiting information from Nov'22 and Feb'22 selection
from candidates after 6 months, what is the cut off time! How long INZ
just keep waiting on requesting more information for EOI and also, how
long is the wait once ITA is send to applicant. Is there any targets in
terms of timeline that INZ have to ensure all EOI selected from a
quarterly selection are processed within that timeline i.e. 90 days from
EOI selection till application received and 30 days to make application
decision. What I am after is targets and current real numbers for last 3
quarterly selections from queued pool.

 

3) From the Policy announcement on parent category,

 

"Annual limit to number of resident visas available under the Parent
Category

 

1) The number of resident visas that can be granted under the Parent
Category is limited to 2,500 people for each year ending 30 June.

2) Until the Queued Pool of EOI is cleared, 2000 visas per year are
allocated for the people with EOIs submitted in the Queued Pool, and from
July 2023, 500 visas per year will be allocated to those whose EOIs are in
the Ballot Pool."

 

As till 30th June 2023, the only selection is from Queued Pool and no
selection is to be made from Ballot pool. Can you confirm that total visa
for year ending 30 June 2023 will be 2500 visas from Queue pool? If not,
than why are we wasting 500 visas for year ending 30 june 2023?

 

For next year i.e. 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024, 2000 visas from queued
pool and 500 from ballot pool?”

 

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 & Employment

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

 

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Kia ora Jaskaran,

 

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

 

Ngā Mihi,

Emma

 

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TEAM

Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

NZBN 9429000106078

[1]457667B6

 

 

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