Kia ora May Chang,
 
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 13/03/2025 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982, the following:
1: How many applications for the "Parent Retirement Category" have been
received by the department for from 2020 - 2024.

2: For each of the application received, what was the applicant's country
of origin?

3: For each of the application received, along with their country of
origin, what was their outcome?

4: in addition to number 3 above, how long did it take to process their
application to arrive at the outcome?

Please provide the requested data in a spreadsheet format with the
following column headers:

Application #, Date received, Country of origin, Outcome of application
(i.e. declined or successful, days taken to reach decision.
 
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 10/04/2025, 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
Strategy and Assurance
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

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Kia Ora May

 

Thank you for your request for information  under the Official Information
Act 1982 received on 13 March 2025, requesting the following:

 

Can you please advise;

1: How many applications for the "Parent Retirement Category" have been
received by the department for from 2020 - 2024.

2: For each of the application received, what was the applicant's country
of origin?

3: For each of the application received, along with their country of
origin, what was their outcome?

4: in addition to number 3 above, how long did it take to process their
application to arrive at the outcome?

Please provide the requested data in a spreadsheet format with the
following column headers:

Application #, Date received, Country of origin, Outcome of application
(i.e. declined or successful, days taken to reach decision.

 

To process your request further, we need more information:

 

 1. Please confirm whether you are asking for the number of applications
as a column heading or the AMS application ID in your reference to
“application #”

 

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 24 March 2025

 

 

Nāku noa, nā

Emina

MINISTERIAL SERVICES

Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, PO BOX 1473, Wellington 6140

NZBN 9429000106078

 

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Kia ora May,

 

Please see attached the extension letter for your Official Information Act
request.

 

Nāku noa, nā

 

Izla

 

MINISTERIAL SERVICES

Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, PO BOX 1473, Wellington 6140