Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,
OIA Request:

I would like to request the clarification of the two contradictory information that I have gathered through two OIA responses:

"As per Reff:DOIA 1617 1217 Dated:04/05/17"

My Question:
1.As per this previous request on the FYI website I had requested MBIE to provide me information about how many resident visas in past 4 years under SMC category were approved by INZ with an offer of employment from IINET AKL Ltd as an ICT Customer Support Officer (313112) ANZSCO code?

Answer given by MBIE:
129 resident visas were approved in past 4 years.
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"As per Reff:DOIA 1617 1217 Dated:10/05/17"

Further to add in that OIA request another response given to me by Mr Tim Shepherd (Operations Manager) on 10/05/2017 stated:

My Question:-
Can the employment offer from an employer which was previously
considered as skilled employment by INZ for considerable number of years
can be changed to an unskilled employment even though job roles,salary
structure and even the Immigration NZ rules or policy have not been
changed, if yes than why please?

Answer:-
In some circumstances, an applicant may claim to be a certain role and
then they will be granted the visa on the basis of the position. However,
when they apply for another visa at a later date for the same position, an
immigration officer may re-assess the job description and discover that
actually it does not correctly match the ANZSCO stated by the applicant.

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REQUESTING CLARITY ON:

So as per OPERATIONS MANAGER Tim Shepherd an In "SOME CASES" Immigration Officer may re assess the job-roles and deny the visa if not satisfied or thinks the previous assessment was incorrect and job roles DO NOT match ANZSCO.
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WHICH INFORMATION IS CORRECT?

I would like MBIE to acknowledge one of these two points as I am confused with two different responses I have received and as per my research one of these should be the answer.

Either INZ Officers Since past 4 years were processing the applications CORRECTLY with same job roles,duties,wages and qualification requirements and Immigration policies as compared till date. (129 Correct decisions)

Or

INZ made INCORRECT decisions"129 Times" in the past 4 years and suddenly realized to correct them now and stated that "Employment with same duties in past where INZ approved 129 resident visas" is no more a skilled employment? (129 Incorrect decisions/Mistakes)

Please advise if INZ made "129 times" incorrect decisions/assessments in these past 4 years and now INZ is making corrections on their previous "129 times" incorrect decisions?

If Respected MBIE does not thinks its an OIA request specifically:-

-Please if I can know the reason specifying why it's not a legit OIA request?

-If respected authorities can guide me to a correct department who can assist me with this question please that will be highly appreciated?

I hope to hear from the respected authority soon.

I thank you for your time and efforts that you will be putting in to reply to my request.

Yours faithfully,

Anchal Marwah