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Request for definition of independently verifiable evidence and Standard Operating Procedures for Work Visa processing and assessment

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From: Tobias Tohill

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

With regards to the assessment of Accredited Employer Work Visa applications, we write to request information that provides guidelines, definition, list of examples, scenarios, staff training manuals, internal operating procedures, standard operating procedures, memos to staff, updates to staff, unpublished Visa Paks, or any other information that is not publicly available on the following;

1. What constitutes 'independently verifiable evidence'
2. What is not considered to 'independently verifiable evidence'
3. Whether any such country profile information held by Immigration New Zealand should be referred to when immigration officers consider whether evidence provided consitutes sufficiently 'independently verifiable evidence' in their assessments of particular applications
4. Standard Operating Procedures for AEW. Work Visa processing with regards to assessment of work evidence, including any definition or guide as to what constitutes verifiable evidence or independently verifiable evidence

For the avoidance of doubt, this request excludes all information publicly available on websites, including immigration instructions, published Visa Paks and guides.

Please feel free contact me should you required any clarification of this request.

Yours faithfully,

Tobias Tohill

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Kia ora Tobias Tohill,
 
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 3/06/2026 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982, the following:
 
"With regards to the assessment of Accredited Employer Work Visa
applications, we write to request information that provides guidelines,
definition, list of examples, scenarios, staff training manuals, internal
operating procedures, standard operating procedures, memos to staff,
updates to staff, unpublished Visa Paks, or any other information that is
not publicly available on the following;

1. What constitutes 'independently verifiable evidence'
2. What is not considered to 'independently verifiable evidence'
3. Whether any such country profile information held by Immigration New
Zealand should be referred to when immigration officers consider whether
evidence provided consitutes sufficiently 'independently verifiable
evidence' in their assessments of particular applications
4. Standard Operating Procedures for AEW. Work Visa processing with
regards to assessment of work evidence, including any definition or guide
as to what constitutes verifiable evidence or independently verifiable
evidence

For the avoidance of doubt, this request excludes all information publicly
available on websites, including immigration instructions, published Visa
Paks and guides.'
 
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 1/07/2026, 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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