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SMC Resident Visa Stats for 2 Degrees

Vipin made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

The request was partially successful.

From: Vipin

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

Kindly help me with precise and accurate answer to all these queries

1.How many Resident Visa’s approved under Skilled Migrant Category based on the offer of employment from 2degrees Mobile Limited as Customer Service Representative, and applied from Christchurch location
and
Applied for the role ICT Customer support officer (ANZSCO 313112) from Jan 2016 to till date? Please provide the dates of applications and the dates of approvals as well. Thanks

2. How many Resident Visa’s declined under Skilled Migrant Category based on the offer of employment from 2degrees Mobile Limited as Customer Service Representative and applied from Christchurch location
and
Applied for the role ICT Customer support officer (ANZSCO 313112) from Jan 2016 to till date
and
Declined with the reason INZ was not satisfied that the applicant's employment is not a substantial match to the claimed ANZSCO code 313112 ICT Customer support officer. Please provide the dates of applications and the dates of the decision as well. Thanks

3) In the above question, Does the visa's declined by the same Visa Officer?

4)Is there any changes INZ has introduced/removed for analyzing the role ICT Customer Support Officer (ANZSCO code 313112) for the Resident Visa Assessment during the period Jan 2016 –Till now? If yes what are they and what are dates of the change?

5) Does INZ required to inform the applicants about the change of Immigration officers during an SMC Resident Visa application process particularly with the reason If the initial Immigration Officer move to a different Team?

Yours faithfully,

Vipin

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From: *OIA
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

Ref: 1718-0353

 

Dear Vipin

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 11 September 2017 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

1.How many Resident Visa’s approved under Skilled Migrant Category based
on the offer of employment from 2degrees Mobile Limited as Customer
Service Representative, and applied from Christchurch location and Applied
for the role ICT Customer support officer (ANZSCO 313112) from Jan 2016 to
till date? Please provide the dates of applications and the dates of
approvals as well. Thanks

 

2. How many Resident Visa’s declined under Skilled Migrant Category based
on the offer of employment from 2degrees Mobile Limited as Customer
Service Representative and applied from Christchurch location and Applied
for the role ICT Customer support officer (ANZSCO 313112) from Jan 2016 to
till date and Declined with the reason INZ was not satisfied that the
applicant's employment is not a substantial match to the claimed ANZSCO
code 313112 ICT Customer support officer. Please provide the dates of
applications and the dates of the decision as well. Thanks

 

3) In the above question, Does the visa's declined by the same Visa
Officer?

 

4)Is there any changes INZ has introduced/removed for analyzing the role
ICT Customer Support Officer (ANZSCO code 313112) for the Resident Visa
Assessment during the period Jan 2016 –Till now? If yes what are they and
what are dates of the change?

 

5) Does INZ required to inform the applicants about the change of
Immigration officers during an SMC Resident Visa application process
particularly with the reason If the initial Immigration Officer move to a
different Team?

 

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and 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 [MBIE request email] 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: Vipin

Dear *OIA,

Please replace Customer Service Representative in my request as Customer Care Representative/Customer Service Representative as I am not sure how the Immigration officer enters the role name in Records. Thanks

Yours sincerely,

Vipin

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From: Cat Beach
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

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Dear Vipin,

 

I am writing in regards to your request under the Official Information Act
1982 received 11 September 2017 (with update received 13 September 2017).

 

Please find attached our response to your request.

 

Kind regards

 

Catherine Beach

SENIOR 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, New Zealand

 

 

 

 

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From: Vipin

Dear Cat Beach,

Many thanks for your response.

I understand the information relating to the dates that their applications were submitted and approved is being withheld by INZ under 9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act 1982, in that the release of this specific information, could lead to the identification of those individuals in question.Hence I withdraw the information asking for the dates of application and approval.

However, the information I asked mainly was “How many Resident Visa’s approved under Skilled Migrant Category based on the offer of employment from 2degrees Mobile Limited as Customer Care Representative and applied against the ANZSCO Code 313112”. The Answer should be a “number” and there is no question of identifying the individual as there are more than 100 Customer Care Representatives including me in Christchurch office itself.

Same for my second Question “How many Resident Visa application declined applied under Skilled Migrant Category based on the offer of employment from 2degrees Mobile Limited as Customer Care Representative and applied against the ANZSCO code 313112” The Answer should be a “number” and there is no question of identifying the individual as there are more than 100 Customer Care Representatives including me even in Christchurch office itself.

If that information cannot be released please explain according to which rule it's being withheld (If that is 9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act 1982 please explain Rule 9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act 1982)

Yours sincerely,

Vipin

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From: Cat Beach
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

Hello,

 

I'm on annual leave and won't be back in the office till Monday the 16th
of October.

 

If you require an urgent response, please redirect your email to the
following mailboxes:

 

Student and visitor enquires:  [1][email address]

 

Residence and work enquires: [2][email address]

 

Otherwise, I will respond to you on my return.

 

Kind regards

 

Catherine Beach

SENIOR BUSINESS ADVISOR

 

Operations Support - Visa Services, Immigration New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

[3][email address]  

Level 1, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington, New Zealand

 

 

 

 

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From: Cat Beach
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

Dear Vipin,

Thank you for your email. As you will have been informed from my out of office message, I have been on leave since the 2nd of October and have only just returned to the office, hence my delayed response.

In regards to your questions below, the response letter indicates that in our assessment the release of the information you have requested could lead to the identification of those individuals in question. The withholding of information for this reason is covered by the provisions set out in 9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act. The Official Information Act can be accessed via the following link.

http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/publi...

You have indicated in your email below that there are 100 Customer Care Representatives working in the Christchurch office of 2Degrees Mobile Limited; this in itself is a relatively small group of individuals. If you then remove those individuals who are identifiable as New Zealanders (and therefore will not have applied for a visa) then the resulting sub set of individuals will substantially further reduce.

We do fully appreciate that your request for information is important, however the protection of other individual's privacy is also paramount.

Kind regards

Catherine Beach
SENIOR BUSINESS ADVISOR

Operations Support - Visa Services, Immigration New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

[email address]
Level 1, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington, New Zealand

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