Kia ora Rav,
 
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 29/11/2024 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982, the following:
1) Number of AEWV work visas approved by month and provide the top 10
occupation codes OR unit groups (or in any form where the actual Job group
e.g. IT Developer (Tech), Doctor, Nurse (Healthcare) is available) with
their respective numbers each month.
2) Number of AEWV work visas approved by month and by top 10
nationalities.
3) Average salary of the ANZSCO job unit groups (top 10 approved) for AEWV
visas across the last 12 months (November 2023 - November 2024) and total
number of approvals.
e.g. 2613 Software and Applications Programmers - 125K NZD - 1000 approved
 
Please note that the days from 25 December 2024 to 15 January 2025
(inclusive) are defined as non-working days in the Act and are not counted
in the calculation for the response due date. This will affect the time
period for responding to your request.
 
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 20/01/2025, being 20 working days after the day your request
was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If you have any enquiries
regarding your request feel free to contact us via email to
[1][MBIE request email].
 
Nāku noa, nā
Ministerial Services
Corporate Services, Finance  & Enablement
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

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Kia ora Rav,

 

Thank you for the below email.

 

We need some confirmation as to your Q3- “Average salary of the ANZSCO job
unit groups (top 10 approved) for AEWV visas across the last 12 months
(November 2023 - November 2024) and total number of approvals. e.g. 2613
Software and Applications Programmers - 125K NZD - 1000 approved”

 

Before we proceed we would like to know if you are happy to receive a
response in terms of hourly rate since, we are unable to provide salary
details.

Please note any clarification or amendment of a request is considered to
be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory
timeframe for response [see section 15(1AA) of the Act]. Please respond to
this request by COB 6 December 2024.

 

Ngâ Mihi,

 

Sharda Iyer [1](she/her)

Business Advisor

Associate Deputy Secretary Immigration | Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

NZBN 9429000106078

 

 

 

------------------- Original Message -------------------
From: [2][FOI #29385 email]; 
Received: Fri Nov 29 2024 18:31:14 GMT+1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
To: OIA <[3][MBIE request email]>; 
Subject: Official Information request - Work Visa AEWV Approval Stats -
Nov 2023 to Nov 2024

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment / Immigration New
Zealand,

I am a Permanent Resident Visa holder of Aotearoa New Zealand.
I'm wanting to know more about the what skills are actually being assessed
and approved on the ground as the media doesn't provide detailed
information on this.
Please provide information on:
1) Number of AEWV work visas approved by month and provide the top 10
occupation codes OR unit groups (or in any form where the actual Job group
e.g. IT Developer (Tech), Doctor, Nurse (Healthcare) is available) with
their respective numbers each month.
2) Number of AEWV work visas approved by month and by top 10
nationalities.
3) Average salary of the ANZSCO job unit groups (top 10 approved) for AEWV
visas across the last 12 months (November 2023 - November 2024) and total
number of approvals.
e.g. 2613 Software and Applications Programmers - 125K NZD - 1000 approved

Cheers,
Rav

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Kia ora Rav,

 

We have your OIA request working on, we still need some clarification
around the below please

 

Your OIA request – “1) Number of AEWV work visas approved by month and
provide the top 10 occupation codes OR unit groups (or in any form where
the actual Job group e.g. IT Developer (Tech), Doctor, Nurse (Healthcare)
is available) with their respective numbers each month.
2) Number of AEWV work visas approved by month and by top 10
nationalities.
3) Average salary of the ANZSCO job unit groups (top 10 approved) for AEWV
visas across the last 12 months (November 2023 - November 2024) and total
number of approvals.
e.g. 2613 Software and Applications Programmers - 125K NZD - 1000
approved”

 

Clarification required-

When you say “number of AEWV work visas approved by month and …” in your
questions (1), (2) and (3) as highlighted above in bold, are you referring
to the below:

 

 a. the total number of all approved AEWV work visas from 1 November 2023
to 30 November 2024, broken down by months” PLUS the total number of
top 10 occupations/top 10 nationalities, broken down by months?

OR

 b. the total number of AEWV work visas for the top 10
occupations/nationalities and average salaries of top 10 occupations
(and broken down by countries).

 

We appreciate your response by COB 17 January 2025. Thank you

 

 

Ngâ Mihi,

 

Sharda Iyer [1](she/her)

Business Advisor

Associate Deputy Secretary Immigration | Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

NZBN 9429000106078

 

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

From: R B <[2][FOI #29385 email]>

Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2024 3:52 PM

To: INZ OIAs <[3][email address]>

Subject: RE: DOIA-REQ-0007026-Rav - due to requester 20 January
CRM:0295293

 

Hi Sharda / OIA Team,

 

Sure, I am happy to receive a response in terms of hourly rate.

 

Thanks,

Rav

From: INZ OIAs <[email address]>
Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2024 3:31 PM
To: [FOI #29385 email]
Cc: INZ OIAs <[email address]>; NoReplyMinisterialServices
<[email address]>
Subject: RE: DOIA-REQ-0007026-Rav - due to requester 20 January
CRM:0295293

 

Kia ora Rav,

 

Thank you for the below email.

 

We need some confirmation as to your Q3- “Average salary of the ANZSCO job
unit groups (top 10 approved) for AEWV visas across the last 12 months
(November 2023 - November 2024) and total number of approvals. e.g. 2613
Software and Applications Programmers - 125K NZD - 1000 approved”

 

Before we proceed we would like to know if you are happy to receive a
response in terms of hourly rate since, we are unable to provide salary
details.

Please note any clarification or amendment of a request is considered to
be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory
timeframe for response [see section 15(1AA) of the Act]. Please respond to
this request by COB 6 December 2024.

 

Ngâ Mihi,

 

Sharda Iyer [4](she/her)

Business Advisor

Associate Deputy Secretary Immigration | Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

NZBN 9429000106078

 

 

 

------------------- Original Message -------------------
From: [5][FOI #29385 email]; 
Received: Fri Nov 29 2024 18:31:14 GMT+1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
To: OIA <[6][MBIE request email]>; 
Subject: Official Information request - Work Visa AEWV Approval Stats -
Nov 2023 to Nov 2024

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment / Immigration New
Zealand,

I am a Permanent Resident Visa holder of Aotearoa New Zealand.
I'm wanting to know more about the what skills are actually being assessed
and approved on the ground as the media doesn't provide detailed
information on this.
Please provide information on:
1) Number of AEWV work visas approved by month and provide the top 10
occupation codes OR unit groups (or in any form where the actual Job group
e.g. IT Developer (Tech), Doctor, Nurse (Healthcare) is available) with
their respective numbers each month.
2) Number of AEWV work visas approved by month and by top 10
nationalities.
3) Average salary of the ANZSCO job unit groups (top 10 approved) for AEWV
visas across the last 12 months (November 2023 - November 2024) and total
number of approvals.
e.g. 2613 Software and Applications Programmers - 125K NZD - 1000 approved

Cheers,
Rav

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Kia ora Rav,

 

 

Please find attached the extension letter regarding your Official
Information Act request.

 

 

Ngā Mihi nui

 

 

Sharda Iyer [1](she/her)

Business Advisor

Associate Deputy Secretary Immigration | Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

NZBN 9429000106078

 

 

 

 

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

From: R B <[2][FOI #29385 email]>

Sent: Friday, January 17, 2025 2:00 PM

To: INZ OIAs <[3][email address]>

Subject: RE: DOIA-REQ-0007026-Rav - due to requester 20 January
CRM:0295293 [IN-CONFIDENCE: RELEASE-EXTERNAL]

 

Kia Ora Sharda,

 

The first option (a) seems closer to what I am looking for.

I'll provide the description of rows and columns I'm looking for if it
helps.

Basically I want different details for every month for those 12 months.

 

General numbers

I have simplified the first Qn to make it easier as other Qns will cover
it.

Table 1 (Qn 1) - Total AEWV approved each month. 12 rows (1 for each
month) and 1 column (AEWVs approved).

 

Occupation breakdown (top 10 only)

Table 3 (Qn 3) - Average salary of AEWV approved each month (top 10 unit 
groups or occupations) - columns will be Month, Occupation or Unit Code,
Average Salary (in that month of that occupation or unit code), Approved
AEWV (for specific occupation or unit code).

So each month will have 10 rows.

 

Nationality breakdown (top 10 only)

Table 2 (Qn 2) - columns will be Month, Nationality, AEWV approved (in
that month for the specific nationality).

So each month again will have 10 rows.

 

Hope this clarifies your question.

In case it doesn't, please do the interpret it in the easiest possible way
for purposes of this request.

 

Thank you,

Rav

 

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

 

Kia ora Rav,

 

 

 

We have your OIA request working on, we still need some clarification 
around the below please

 

 

 

Your OIA request – “1) Number of AEWV work visas approved by month and 
provide the top 10 occupation codes OR unit groups (or in any form where 
the actual Job group e.g. IT Developer (Tech), Doctor, Nurse (Healthcare) 
is available) with their respective numbers each month.

2) Number of AEWV work visas approved by month and by top 10 
nationalities.

3) Average salary of the ANZSCO job unit groups (top 10 approved) for
AEWV  visas across the last 12 months (November 2023 - November 2024) and
total  number of approvals.

e.g. 2613 Software and Applications Programmers - 125K NZD - 1000 
approved”

 

 

 

Clarification required-

 

When you say “number of AEWV work visas approved by month and …” in your 
questions (1), (2) and (3) as highlighted above in bold, are you
referring  to the below:

 

 

 

 a. the total number of all approved AEWV work visas from 1 November 2023 
to 30 November 2024, broken down by months” PLUS the total number of  top
10 occupations/top 10 nationalities, broken down by months?

 

OR

 

 b. the total number of AEWV work visas for the top 10 
occupations/nationalities and average salaries of top 10 occupations  (and
broken down by countries).

 

 

 

We appreciate your response by COB 17 January 2025. Thank you

 

 

 

 

 

Ngâ 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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Kia ora Rav,

 

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

 

Kindly acknowledge the receipt of this email.

 

Ngā mihi nui

 

Sharda Iyer [1](she/her)

Business Advisor

Associate Deputy Secretary Immigration | Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

NZBN 9429000106078

 

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

From: R B <[2][FOI #29385 email]>

Sent: Friday, January 17, 2025 2:00 PM

To: INZ OIAs <[3][email address]>

Subject: RE: DOIA-REQ-0007026-Rav - due to requester 20 January
CRM:0295293 [IN-CONFIDENCE: RELEASE-EXTERNAL]

 

Kia Ora Sharda,

 

The first option (a) seems closer to what I am looking for.

I'll provide the description of rows and columns I'm looking for if it
helps.

Basically I want different details for every month for those 12 months.

 

General numbers

I have simplified the first Qn to make it easier as other Qns will cover
it.

Table 1 (Qn 1) - Total AEWV approved each month. 12 rows (1 for each
month) and 1 column (AEWVs approved).

 

Occupation breakdown (top 10 only)

Table 3 (Qn 3) - Average salary of AEWV approved each month (top 10 unit 
groups or occupations) - columns will be Month, Occupation or Unit Code,
Average Salary (in that month of that occupation or unit code), Approved
AEWV (for specific occupation or unit code).

So each month will have 10 rows.

 

Nationality breakdown (top 10 only)

Table 2 (Qn 2) - columns will be Month, Nationality, AEWV approved (in
that month for the specific nationality).

So each month again will have 10 rows.

 

Hope this clarifies your question.

In case it doesn't, please do the interpret it in the easiest possible way
for purposes of this request.

 

Thank you,

Rav

 

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

 

Kia ora Rav,

 

 

 

We have your OIA request working on, we still need some clarification 
around the below please

 

 

 

Your OIA request – “1) Number of AEWV work visas approved by month and 
provide the top 10 occupation codes OR unit groups (or in any form where 
the actual Job group e.g. IT Developer (Tech), Doctor, Nurse (Healthcare) 
is available) with their respective numbers each month.

2) Number of AEWV work visas approved by month and by top 10 
nationalities.

3) Average salary of the ANZSCO job unit groups (top 10 approved) for
AEWV  visas across the last 12 months (November 2023 - November 2024) and
total  number of approvals.

e.g. 2613 Software and Applications Programmers - 125K NZD - 1000 
approved”

 

  Clarification required- When you say “number of AEWV work visas approved
by month and …” in your  questions (1), (2) and (3) as highlighted above
in bold, are you referring  to the below:

 

   a. the total number of all approved AEWV work visas from 1 November
2023  to 30 November 2024, broken down by months” PLUS the total number
of  top 10 occupations/top 10 nationalities, broken down by months?

OR

 b. the total number of AEWV work visas for the top 10 
occupations/nationalities and average salaries of top 10 occupations  (and
broken down by countries).

 

  We appreciate your response by COB 17 January 2025. Thank you

 

  Ngâ 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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-----Original Message-----

From: R B <[FOI #29385 email]>

Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2024 3:52 PM

To: INZ OIAs <[email address]>

Subject: RE: DOIA-REQ-0007026-Rav - due to requester 20 January
CRM:0295293

 

Hi Sharda / OIA Team,

 

Sure, I am happy to receive a response in terms of hourly rate.

 

Thanks,

Rav

 

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

 

Kia ora Rav,

 

 

 

Thank you for the below email.

 

 

 

We need some confirmation as to your Q3- “Average salary of the ANZSCO
job  unit groups (top 10 approved) for AEWV visas across the last 12
months  (November 2023 - November 2024) and total number of approvals.
e.g. 2613  Software and Applications Programmers - 125K NZD - 1000
approved”

 

 

 

Before we proceed we would like to know if you are happy to receive a 
response in terms of hourly rate since, we are unable to provide salary 
details.

 

Please note any clarification or amendment of a request is considered to 
be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory 
timeframe for response [see section 15(1AA) of the Act]. Please respond
to  this request by COB 6 December 2024.

 

 

 

Ngâ 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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