Advice on whether or not to grant a visa to Boy George (George Alan O'Dowd)
Ben Moore made this Official Information request to Minister of Immigration
The request was refused by Minister of Immigration.
From: Ben Moore
Dear Minister of Immigration,
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
"All advice, communications, documentation and other relevant information on the visa application (or a possible visa application) by Boy George (George Alan O'Dowd)"
Without limiting this request in any way, I understand it may be useful to provide some context for this request. Immigration New Zealand has previously made seemingly arbitrary decisions under Section 16 of the Immigration Act to disallow entry to New Zealand for recording artists, e.g. the case of Odd Future in 2014. I seek this information to better understand the way this power is applied.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Moore
From: M Woodhouse
On behalf of Hon Michael Woodhouse, thank you for your email.
Please be assured that all correspondence is read by this office. If your
email falls outside of the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities, or
expresses a personal view, your opinion will be noted and your
correspondence may be transferred to another office or there may be no
further response.
Where the Minister has portfolio responsibilities for the issues raised, a
response will be sent to you in due course.
Thank you for taking the time to write.
Office of Hon Michael Woodhouse
Parliament Buildings, Wellington | Tel 04 817 6836 |
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From: Temp1 Woodhouse
Dear Mr Ben Moore,
On behalf of Hon Michael Woodhouse, Minister of Immigration, thank you for your Official Information Act request received on the 6th November 2016.
"All advice, communications, documentation and other relevant information on the visa application (or a possible visa application) by Boy George (George Alan O'Dowd)"
You can expect a response to your request within the statutory timeframes under the Act.
Kind regards,
Alvina Robati
Office of Hon Michael Woodhouse
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From: Ben Moore [mailto:[FOI #4904 email]]
Sent: Sunday, 6 November 2016 1:51 p.m.
To: M Woodhouse
Subject: Official Information request - Advice on whether or not to grant a visa to Boy George (George Alan O'Dowd)
Dear Minister of Immigration,
I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
"All advice, communications, documentation and other relevant information on the visa application (or a possible visa application) by Boy George (George Alan O'Dowd)"
Without limiting this request in any way, I understand it may be useful to provide some context for this request. Immigration New Zealand has previously made seemingly arbitrary decisions under Section 16 of the Immigration Act to disallow entry to New Zealand for recording artists, e.g. the case of Odd Future in 2014. I seek this information to better understand the way this power is applied.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Moore
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From: Ben Moore
Dear Alvina Robati,
My records indicate this request is now overdue. Could you kindly provide an update on its status?
Yours sincerely,
Ben Moore
From: Ben Moore
Dear Temp1 Woodhouse,
I did not receive a response to my previous query so I am again following up. Could you kindly update me as to this request's status?
Yours sincerely,
Ben Moore
From: Ben Moore
Dear Alvina Robati,
Another week has passed and I am still awaiting a response to this request. I was told to expect a response within the statutory timeframes of the OIA, which have long since passed.
Could you kindly provide me with an update to the status of this request?
Yours sincerely,
Ben Moore
From: Ben Moore
Dear Temp1 Woodhouse,
Could you kindly update me as to the status of this information?
Yours sincerely,
Ben Moore
From: M Woodhouse
Dear Mr Moore
Please find attached correspondence regarding your Official Information
Act Request of 7 November 2016.
Yours sincerely
Office of Hon Michael Woodhouse
Parliament Buildings | Wellington
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From: Ben Moore
Thank you Andrew,
I appreciate your followup, and look forward to a response from MBIE.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Moore
From: M Woodhouse
On behalf of Hon Michael Woodhouse, thank you for your email.
Please be assured that all correspondence is read by this office. If your
email falls outside of the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities, or
expresses a personal view, your opinion will be noted and your
correspondence may be transferred to another office or there may be no
further response.
Where the Minister has portfolio responsibilities for the issues raised, a
response will be sent to you in due course.
Thank you for taking the time to write.
Office of Hon Michael Woodhouse
Parliament Buildings, Wellington | Tel 04 817 6836 |
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From: *OIA
Ref: DOIA 1617-1193
Dear Mr Moore
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 7 November 2016 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:
"All advice, communications, documentation and other relevant information
on the visa application (or a possible visa application) by Boy George
(George Alan O'Dowd)" Without limiting this request in any way, I
understand it may be useful to provide some context for this request.
Immigration New Zealand has previously made seemingly arbitrary decisions
under Section 16 of the Immigration Act to disallow entry to New Zealand
for recording artists, e.g. the case of Odd Future in 2014. I seek this
information to better understand the way this power is applied.
Your request has been transferred to the Ministry from Minister of
Immigration on 29 March 2017 and is being processed in accordance with the
Official Information Act 1982. A response will be sent to you in due
course. If you have any enquiries regarding your request feel free to
contact us via email [1][email address] or using the contact details
below.
Yours sincerely,
Alan Witcombe
MANAGER, MINISTERIAL SERVICES
Corporate, Governance and Information
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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From: Karen Sionzon
Dear Mr Moore
Please find attached the response to your information request.
Thank you for your patience, and again, please accept our apologies for
the delay in responding to you.
Regards,
Karen Sionzon
BUSINESS ADVISOR
Operations Support, Visa Services, Immigration New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
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Level 1, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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