Kia ora Anna Ivanovska,
 
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 21/05/2025 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982, the following:
Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

I am hereby requesting the publication date on the INZ website, resource
library or news center etc.  of the following Visa Pak:

18 July 2024 – Calculating 12 and 24-month periods in Permanent Resident
Visa processing - Visa Pak 586

This VisaPak was  issued by Immigration New Zealand on 18 July 2024, but
my question is when did this Visa Pak become publicly available on INZ
website?
 
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 19/06/2025, 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].
 
Nâku noa, nâ
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 Anna,

 

Thank you for your email below in which you requested the date of online
publication of the Visa Pak titled Calculating 12 and 24-month periods in
Permanent Resident Visa processing – issued 18 July 2024

 

Please note that the Visa Pak titled “Calculating 12 and 24-month periods
in Permanent Resident Visa processing” was issued under the Visa Pak
reference number 588, and I have therefore considered your query to
concern Visa Pak 588, not Visa Pak 586.

 

I have identified that an internal request was made to the Ministry of
Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)’s Digital Channels team on 18
July 2024, requesting publication of Visa Pak 588 on the Immigration New
Zealand (INZ) website. The information provided to me by the Digital
Channels team is that the Visa Pak appears to have been published on the
website at 2.50PM the following day, on 19 July 2024. As you are likely
aware, the Visa Pak is publicly available at the following link:

 

[1]18 July 2024 - Calculating 12- and 24-month periods in Permanent
Resident Visa processing

 

I have not identified that publication of the item has occurred on any
other resource library or news centre, other than INZ’s internal Visa Pak
database, which only lists the issue date of 18 July 2024.

 

I hope this information has been helpful. If you need to discuss any
aspect of this correspondence you are welcome to write back to us at
[2][email address]

 

Kind regards,

 

Ethan Herbert (He/Him)

Senior Advisor

Ministerial Services Team

Immigration New Zealand

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MINISTRY OF BUSINESS INNOVATION & EMPLOYMENT / HIKINA WHAKATUTUKI

PO Box 1473 Wellington | 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |
[4]www.mbie.govt.nz  

 

 

 

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