Ref: 2324-0140

 

Kia ora A KS,

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 23 July 2023 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

“1. Can you please disclose the total number of EOIs received from 12
October 2022  till the end of July 2023 that went into the BALLOT POOL?
Only the applications currently in the ballot ( please exclude the
declined/refused EOIs). Please provide the number of applicants in all
ballot EOIs as one EOI may have 2 persons too.

 

2. Can you disclose the dates when EOI selection is planned for BALLOT
POOL EOIs? I understand the selections will be once every 3 months, like
August, Nov, Feb, March, etc. However, do you have any planned dates for
selection ( even if those dates could change in future)?

 

3. Can you disclose the dates when EOI selection is planned to happen for
QUEUED POOL EOIs? I understand the selections will be once every three
months, like August, Nov, Feb, March, etc. However, do you have any
planned dates for selection ( even if those dates could change in future)?

 

4. Can you disclose the number of EOIs in the QUEUED pool submitted on or
before 30 September 2018 and waiting for selection. Please share the
number of applicants in those EOIs.

 

5. Can you disclose the number of EOIs submitted in the QUEUED pool before
12 October 2022 and waiting for selection. Please share the number of
applicants in those EOIs.

 

6. In the other EOI responses, you mentioned that 2000 visas were not
issued under Parent Category in FY 2022/23 from QUEUED POOL. Imagine if
only X number of visas were issued in FY 2022/23. Will the 2000 - X number
of visas be carried over to FY2023/24 selections ( in addition to the
proposed 2000 visas for FY 2023/24. In brief, for FY2023/24, will the
total proposed visas for FY 2023/24 be (2000 +2000 -X )  4000 -X?

If not, then, why will the unused quota from FY2022/23 for the queued pool
not be carried over to the current FY2023/24?”

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

 

Corporate Services, Finance & Enablement

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  PO Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

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Kia Ora A

We have assessed and decided to grant your request under the Official Information Act. Please see the attachment for further information.

Ngā Mihi,

Sharda Iyer (she/her)

-----Original Message-----
From: A KS <[FOI #23564 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 23 July 2023 8:28 pm
To: *OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Parent EOI Updates

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

1. Can you please disclose the total number of EOIs received from 12 October 2022 till the end of July 2023 that went into the BALLOT POOL? Only the applications currently in the ballot ( please exclude the declined/refused EOIs). Please provide the number of applicants in all ballot EOIs as one EOI may have 2 persons too.

2. Can you disclose the dates when EOI selection is planned for BALLOT POOL EOIs? I understand the selections will be once every 3 months, like August, Nov, Feb, March, etc. However, do you have any planned dates for selection ( even if those dates could change in future)?

3. Can you disclose the dates when EOI selection is planned to happen for QUEUED POOL EOIs? I understand the selections will be once every three months, like August, Nov, Feb, March, etc. However, do you have any planned dates for selection ( even if those dates could change in future)?

4. Can you disclose the number of EOIs in the QUEUED pool submitted on or before 30 September 2018 and waiting for selection. Please share the number of applicants in those EOIs.

5. Can you disclose the number of EOIs submitted in the QUEUED pool before 12 October 2022 and waiting for selection. Please share the number of applicants in those EOIs.

6. In the other EOI responses, you mentioned that 2000 visas were not issued under Parent Category in FY 2022/23 from QUEUED POOL. Imagine if only X number of visas were issued in FY 2022/23. Will the 2000 - X number of visas be carried over to FY2023/24 selections ( in addition to the proposed 2000 visas for FY 2023/24. In brief, for FY2023/24, will the total proposed visas for FY 2023/24 be (2000 +2000 -X ) 4000 -X?
If not, then, why will the unused quota from FY2022/23 for the queued pool not be carried over to the current FY2023/24?

Yours faithfully,

A KS

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Kia ora A,

 

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

 

Ngā mihi nui

 

Ngā Mihi,

 

Sharda Iyer [1](she/her)

Business Advisor

Associate Deputy Secretary Immigration | Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

NZBN 9429000106078

 

 

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