30 June 2023
Jaskaran Walia
[FYI request #22978 email]
DOIA 2223-2818
Tēnā koe Jaskaran
Thank you for your email of 01 June 2023 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
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Number of EOI Withdrawn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 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Number of EOI Withdrawn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
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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Number of EOI Withdrawn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?
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Our response
Question One
Please see
Table One for the requested data on Parent Category Expressions of Interest (EOI), as at
16 June 2023, broken down by selection date.
Table One
EOI selection date
November 2022
February 2023
May 2023
Number of EOIs selected
370
1,100
670
Number of applicants represented by
598
1,782
1,093
the EOI
Number of EOIs declined
129
181
46
Number of EOIs withdrawn
59
161
69
Number of Invitations to Apply (ITA)
181
749
476
sent
Number of EOIs where further
0
7
75
information has been requested
Drop off rate*
16%
15%
10%
* We have interpreted the drop off rate to be asking for the percentage of EOIs which have been
withdrawn after selection from the pool.
Please see
Table Two for the requested data on Parent Category visa applications, as at 10 June 2023,
broken down by EOI selection date.
Table Two
EOI selection date
November 2022
February 2023
May 2023*
Number of applications submitted
164
454
10
from ITA
Number of approved applications
20
25
0
Number of declined applications
48
47
3
Number of applications still being
96
382
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assessed
*Applicants have four months to apply from when they are issued an Invitation to Apply
Question Two
Please refer to our previous response with information on when further information is requested for an
EOI, and information on the timeline for lodging an application after an ITA is sent. A copy of this
response can be found here:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/22027/response/85934/attach/4/OIA%20Response%202223%201983.pdf
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Please see
Table Three for the timeframes between ITAs being issued and applications being received
since the 14 November 2022 EOI selection, as at 10 June 2023.
Table Three
Median Number of days
90% of applications received in
49 weekdays
75 weekdays
Please see
Table Four for the timeframes between applications received and being decided since the 14
November 2022 selection, as at 10 June 2023.
Table Four
Median Number of days
90% of applications completed in
40 weekdays
72 weekdays
Question Three
Please refer to our previous response for information on the parent category policy announcement. A
copy of this response can be found here:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/22027/response/85934/attach/4/OIA%20Response%202223%201983.pdf You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information
about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, or if you require any further assistance,
please contac
t [email address]
Ngā mihi nui
Richard Owen
General Manager (Acting), Border and Visa Operations
Immigration New Zealand
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