Ref: 2324-0159

 

Kia ora Ranjit,

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 26 July 2023 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

“I am a New Zealand citizen and would like to request the following
information on the partnership residence category.

 

1. What date applications are currently (Date you reply this request)
being allocated to an Immigration Officer in the Hamilton branch?

 

2. How many applications (daily numbers if possible or weekly will be
fine) were received between 1 May  2023 and 30 June 2023.

 

3. Does the partnership residence visa applications  get processed in your
Hamilton branch only or other branches are also allocated with some
applications?

 

4. Is there any specific day in a week to allocate the partnership
residence applications to an Immigration Officer or allocation can be done
on random days?

 

5. If a partnership residence visa applicant is currently working in a
green list role (fulfilling all requirements of the role), is their any
policy or immigration instruction, to fast track such applications? This
is considering New Zealand is currently facing a massive shortage of roles
listed in green list.

 

6. How many applications under the partnership residence category are
currently sitting with Immigration New Zealand which have crossed the 14
month processing time.

 

7. What is the total number of applications Immigration New Zealand
received in the calendar year 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022 and how
many applications has been decided in the above calendar year timeframe.”

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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Tēnā koe Ranjit

 

Please see the attached response to your request for information under the
Official Information Act 1982.

 

Nāku noa, nā

 

Madeleine

MINISTERIAL SERVICES

Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, PO BOX 1473, Wellington 6140

NZBN 9429000106078

 

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