Ref: 2223-2860

 

Kia ora Rachel Robinson-Ledwith,

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 8 June 2023 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

“Could I please request all issued Immigration New Zealand Internal
Administration Circulars from 01.01.2022 to 08.06.2023”

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 |  PO Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

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Kia ora Rachel,

 

Thank you for your email of 8 June 2023 to the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment requesting, under the Official Information Act
(the Act), the following information:

 

Could I please request all issued Immigration New Zealand Internal
Administration Circulars from 01.01.2022 to 08.06.2023

 

This is to let you know that Immigration New Zealand has not issued any
Internal Administration Circulars since 1/1/2022, therefore your request
will be refused under section 18(e) of the Act as the information
requested does not exist. As such, could you please advise whether you
would like to withdraw this request by 14 June 2023?

 

 

Ngā mihi,

Richa

Business Management Team

Enablement, Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

NZBN 9429000106078

 

Kia ora Rachel,

 

This is a reminder for you to respond to our email below.

 

 

Thanks

Richa

 

From: INZ OIAs
Sent: Monday, 12 June 2023 12:45 pm
To: [FYI request #23043 email]
Subject: OIA 2223-2860 [IN-CONFIDENCE: RELEASE-EXTERNAL]

 

Kia ora Rachel,

 

Thank you for your email of 8 June 2023 to the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment requesting, under the Official Information Act
(the Act), the following information:

 

Could I please request all issued Immigration New Zealand Internal
Administration Circulars from 01.01.2022 to 08.06.2023

 

This is to let you know that Immigration New Zealand has not issued any
Internal Administration Circulars since 1/1/2022, therefore your request
will be refused under section 18(e) of the Act as the information
requested does not exist. As such, could you please advise whether you
would like to withdraw this request by 14 June 2023?

 

 

Ngā mihi,

Richa

Business Management Team

Enablement, Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

NZBN 9429000106078

 

Kia ora Rachel,

Thanks for your clarification, however in order for us to respond appropriately, we will need further clarification from you.

Could you please clarify whether you are requesting the information provided to the processing staff to process the Expressions of Interest (EOIs) and visa applications, etc? Please also note that the Parent Category re-opened in October 2022 so any information you have requested will be from this date onwards only.

Please respond with a clarification by Monday 19 June.

Thanks
Richa

-----Original Message-----
From: Rachel <[FOI #23043 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 15 June 2023 1:40 pm
To: INZ OIAs <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FW: OIA 2223-2860 [IN-CONFIDENCE: RELEASE-EXTERNAL]

Dear INZ OIAs,

Apologies INZ seem to have renamed their internal communications and instructions to staff, therefore please let me re clarify.

Could I please request all Internal Immigration New Zealand memos, instructions, guides, directions, specifications, handbooks, updates, manuals, booklets, one pagers and resources specifically relating to Parent Residence Visas from 01.01.2022 to 08.06.2023 inclusive.

Yours sincerely,

Rachel

-----Original Message-----

Kia ora Rachel,

This is a reminder for you to respond to our email below.

Thanks

Richa

From: INZ OIAs
Sent: Monday, 12 June 2023 12:45 pm
To: [FYI request #23043 email]
Subject: OIA 2223-2860 [IN-CONFIDENCE: RELEASE-EXTERNAL]

Kia ora Rachel,

Thank you for your email of 8 June 2023 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment requesting, under the Official Information Act (the Act), the following information:

Could I please request all issued Immigration New Zealand Internal Administration Circulars from 01.01.2022 to 08.06.2023

This is to let you know that Immigration New Zealand has not issued any Internal Administration Circulars since 1/1/2022, therefore your request will be refused under section 18(e) of the Act as the information requested does not exist. As such, could you please advise whether you would like to withdraw this request by 14 June 2023?

Ngā mihi,

Richa

Business Management Team

Enablement, Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

NZBN 9429000106078

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Kia ora Rachel,

Thank you for re-clarifying. Your request is still not specific enough for us to be able to start working on a response, therefore we will need you to rescope your request further. Could you share your phone number so we can discuss it over a call to gain more clarity?

Thanks
Richa

-----Original Message-----
From: Rachel <[FOI #23043 email]>
Sent: Friday, 16 June 2023 6:13 pm
To: INZ OIAs <[email address]>
Subject: RE: FW: OIA 2223-2860 [IN-CONFIDENCE: RELEASE-EXTERNAL]

Dear INZ OIAs,

In response to your request for further clarification "Could you please clarify whether you are requesting the information provided to the processing staff to process the Expressions of Interest (EOIs) and visa applications, etc? Please also note that the Parent Category re-opened in October 2022 so any information you have requested will be from this date onwards only."

Yes I am requesting the information provided to the processing staff to process and assess the the EOIs and Visa applications and from October 2022.

Yours sincerely,

Rachel

-----Original Message-----

Kia ora Rachel,

Thanks for your clarification, however in order for us to respond appropriately, we will need further clarification from you.

Could you please clarify whether you are requesting the information provided to the processing staff to process the Expressions of Interest (EOIs) and visa applications, etc? Please also note that the Parent Category re-opened in October 2022 so any information you have requested will be from this date onwards only.

Please respond with a clarification by Monday 19 June.

Thanks
Richa

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Kia ora Rachel,

This is a reminder for you to respond to our email below.

Please note that your request is still too broad and will likely be refused under 18(f) of the Official Information Act (the Act). We are contacting you to consult with you so we can assist in making the request in a form that would remove the reason for the refusal in accordance with 18B of the Act.

Please respond to this email by COB today.

Thanks
Richa

-----Original Message-----
From: INZ OIAs
Sent: Monday, 26 June 2023 1:10 pm
To: [FOI #23043 email]
Subject: RE: FW: OIA 2223-2860 [IN-CONFIDENCE: RELEASE-EXTERNAL]

Kia ora Rachel,

Thank you for re-clarifying. Your request is still not specific enough for us to be able to start working on a response, therefore we will need you to rescope your request further. Could you share your phone number so we can discuss it over a call to gain more clarity?

Thanks
Richa

-----Original Message-----
From: Rachel <[FOI #23043 email]>
Sent: Friday, 16 June 2023 6:13 pm
To: INZ OIAs <[email address]>
Subject: RE: FW: OIA 2223-2860 [IN-CONFIDENCE: RELEASE-EXTERNAL]

Dear INZ OIAs,

In response to your request for further clarification "Could you please clarify whether you are requesting the information provided to the processing staff to process the Expressions of Interest (EOIs) and visa applications, etc? Please also note that the Parent Category re-opened in October 2022 so any information you have requested will be from this date onwards only."

Yes I am requesting the information provided to the processing staff to process and assess the the EOIs and Visa applications and from October 2022.

Yours sincerely,

Rachel

-----Original Message-----

Kia ora Rachel,

Thanks for your clarification, however in order for us to respond appropriately, we will need further clarification from you.

Could you please clarify whether you are requesting the information provided to the processing staff to process the Expressions of Interest (EOIs) and visa applications, etc? Please also note that the Parent Category re-opened in October 2022 so any information you have requested will be from this date onwards only.

Please respond with a clarification by Monday 19 June.

Thanks
Richa

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Kia ora Rachel,

Thank you for your time over phone between 11:45am and 11:50am this morning and assisting us in further clarification of your Official Information Act request. This is to confirm your verbal clarification of the request as follows:

Please provide all the internal guidance provided to the immigration officers processing expressions of interest (EOIs) for the Parent Retirement Visas since the re-opening of this category in October 2022.

Please respond this email with your confirmation in writing by COB tomorrow 29 June.

Thanks
Richa

-----Original Message-----
From: Rachel <[FOI #23043 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 27 June 2023 11:26 am
To: INZ OIAs <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FW: FW: OIA 2223-2860 [IN-CONFIDENCE: RELEASE-EXTERNAL]

Dear INZ OIAs,

Thank you for your response.
My contact number is 068726014

Yours sincerely,

Rachel

-----Original Message-----

Kia ora Rachel,

This is a reminder for you to respond to our email below.

Please note that your request is still too broad and will likely be refused under 18(f) of the Official Information Act (the Act). We are contacting you to consult with you so we can assist in making the request in a form that would remove the reason for the refusal in accordance with 18B of the Act.

Please respond to this email by COB today.

Thanks
Richa

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Kia ora Rachel,

Apologies for the spam. To clarify, the below should read EOIs for Parent Resident Visa and not Parent Retirement Visas.

Thanks
Richa

-----Original Message-----
From: Richa Trivedi <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, 28 June 2023 12:28 pm
To: [FYI request #23043 email]
Subject: RE: FW: FW: OIA 2223-2860 [IN-CONFIDENCE: RELEASE-EXTERNAL]

Kia ora Rachel,

Thank you for your time over phone between 11:45am and 11:50am this morning and assisting us in further clarification of your Official Information Act request. This is to confirm your verbal clarification of the request as follows:

Please provide all the internal guidance provided to the immigration officers processing expressions of interest (EOIs) for the Parent Retirement Visas since the re-opening of this category in October 2022.

Please respond this email with your confirmation in writing by COB tomorrow 29 June.

Thanks
Richa

-----Original Message-----
From: Rachel <[FYI request #23043 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 27 June 2023 11:26 am
To: INZ OIAs <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FW: FW: OIA 2223-2860 [IN-CONFIDENCE: RELEASE-EXTERNAL]

Dear INZ OIAs,

Thank you for your response.
My contact number is 068726014

Yours sincerely,

Rachel

-----Original Message-----

Kia ora Rachel,

This is a reminder for you to respond to our email below.

Please note that your request is still too broad and will likely be refused under 18(f) of the Official Information Act (the Act). We are contacting you to consult with you so we can assist in making the request in a form that would remove the reason for the refusal in accordance with 18B of the Act.

Please respond to this email by COB today.

Thanks
Richa

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Many thanks for your confirmation Rachel.

This email is to let you know that since we sought a clarification within seven working days of the original request , this clarification from you is considered to be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory timeframe for response in accordance with section 15(1AA) of the Official Information Act. Therefore, the new due date for a response to this request will be 20 working days from today, that is, Thursday 27 July 2023.

Thanks
Richa

-----Original Message-----
From: Rachel <[FOI #23043 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 28 June 2023 3:50 pm
To: INZ OIAs <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FW: FW: FW: OIA 2223-2860 [IN-CONFIDENCE: RELEASE-EXTERNAL]

Dear INZ OIAs (Richa) ,

Thank you for the clarification yes I agree to your previous summary of our phone conversation.

Yours sincerely,

Rachel

-----Original Message-----

Kia ora Rachel,

Apologies for the spam. To clarify, the below should read EOIs for Parent Resident Visa and not Parent Retirement Visas.

Thanks
Richa

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Kia ora Rachel,

 

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

 

 

 

Ngā mihi,

Richa

Ministerial Services Team

Associate Deputy Secretary

Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

 

NZBN 9429000106078

 

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