24 October 2024
Wendy Yang
[FYI request #28566 email]
DOIA-REQ-0004333
Tēnā koe Wendy
Thank you for your email of 28 September 2024 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the fol owing:
Please provide the training materials regarding the new streamlined process related to false,
misleading, or withheld information outlined in the Immigration New Zealand visa pak 590.
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.immigration.govt.
nz%2Fdocuments%2Fvisa-paks%2Fvisa-pak-
590.pdf&data=05%7C02%7CMinisterialServices%40mbie.govt.nz%7C93a5d823468f4426b83a0
8dcdf4af7a4%7C78b2bd11e42b47eab0112e04c3af5ec1%7C0%7C0%7C638630761243065621
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Our Response
Please refer to the attached appendix for the information you have requested, released in full as follows:
Date of the SOP Title of the SOP
August 2024
Guidance for approving applications with false information or character issues
using a streamlined process
7 August 2024
Character - Consider false, misleading, or withheld information
7 August 2024
Character - (1) - Consider false, misleading, or withheld information in current visa
application (not associated to EOI containing false information)
7 August 2024
Character - (2) - Consider false, misleading, or withheld information in a previous
visa application or un-associated EOI
Please note that there are no additional training materials in addition to the SOPs and guidance
document listed above.
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, please contac
t [email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Karen Bishop
General Manager
Service Design and Implementation
Immigration New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
