16 June 2025
Immigration Trust
[FYI request #31032 email]
DOIA-REQ-0014522
Tēnā koe
Thank you for your email of 20 May 2025 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
(MBIE) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the fol owing:
I hereby request the fol owing statistical information regarding Section 61 requests considered
by Immigration New Zealand:
-The total number of Section 61 requests received each year over the past five years
-A breakdown of who submitted these requests: applicants themselves, lawyers, or licensed
immigration advisers
-The success rate of Section 61 requests for each group
-A breakdown of the types of visas granted fol owing a successful Section 61 outcome
-The number of requests by nationality, along with the corresponding success rates for each
nationality
MBIE has assessed and decided to grant your request and wil provide you the requested information.
However, it wil take us some time to process. We wil send you the information as soon as it is ready and
without undue delay.
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 contact
[email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Emma Palmer
Acting Manager, Ministerial Services
Office of the Deputy Secretary Immigration
Immigration New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment