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Please see the below links to ensure you are sending your enquiry to the
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* New Zealand visas, asylum and other immigrations matters - contact
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Zealand. A full list is available at
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| [4]https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/
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* To attest fingerprints - visit
[11]https://www.police.govt.nz/faq/having-fi...

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* MFAT Vacancies - visit our website at:
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OIA requests

* If you have made a request under the Official Information Act 1982,
the Ministry will be in touch to acknowledge your request and discuss
it further if necessary. [15]Official Information Act requests | New
Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Ngâ mihi
 
MFAT ENQUIRIES
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatû Aorere
195 Lambton Quay, Private Bag 18901
Wellington 6160
New Zealand
[16]www.mfat.govt.nz | [17]www.safetravel.govt.nz
 

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Kia ora Jocelyn Hunt

 

Thank you for your OIA request received on 3 August 2025 for:

 

… Id like to know the circumstances surrounding Michael Alan
Ramsden,dob:26.10.59.being repatriated to NZ from Vietnam in 2024

 

This email confirms receipt of your request and advises that we will
respond to it as soon as reasonably practicable, and in terms of the
timeframes and requirements of the OIA.

 

Please note that our response letter to you (with your personal details
redacted), and any enclosed documents, may be published on the Ministry’s
website.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Executive Services Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatû Aorere

 

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UNCLASSIFIED

Kia ora Jocelyn Hunt,

Thank you for your email of 3 August 2025 requesting information under the Official Information Act (1982).
At this stage, we need some information from you to confirm whether you are eligible to make an OIA request.
Section 12(1) of the OIA specifies who can use it to seek information from government agencies. You are eligible to make an OIA requests if you are a:
(a) New Zealand citizen; or
(b) Permanent resident of New Zealand; or
(c) Person who is in New Zealand; or
(d) Body corporate which is incorporated in New Zealand; or
(e) Body corporate which is incorporated outside New Zealand but which has a place of business in New Zealand.
Please confirm by return email that you fulfil one of the criteria outlined above, and provide evidence of your eligibility. We will continue processing your OIA request once we have received this confirmation.

Ngā mihi

Executive Services Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatū Aorere

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