ICT Customer Support officer (ANZSCO 313112 ) Changes and Clarifications and Visa Approval Stats
Amar Bist made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
The request was successful.
      From: Amar Bist
      
    
    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 Care Representative 
and 
Applied for the role ICT Customer support officer (ANZSCO 313112) from July 2016 to till date? 
Please also provide the application (Date which INZ received Application) and Visa Approval dates - Thanks
2. 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 July 2016 – April 2017?If yes what are they?
3. Does INZ follows a set procedure or written rules in their SMC Resident Visa assessments or the Visa Officers and entitled to make their own decisions based on their individual assessments?
4. Does INZ required to inform the applicants about the change of Immigration officers during an SMC Resident Visa application process if the old immigration officer moves to another team? Is there ant Act/Rule/Immigration Law in place relating to that?
5. Is there any Act / Rules/Immigration Law in place to provide equal and fair treatment to the applicants without any discrimination, who applying for SMC Resident Visa’s based on the same offer, same position from the same organization and having exactly the same qualification?
Yours faithfully,
Amar
        From: *OIA
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
     
Ref: 1718-0380
 
Dear Amir Bist
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
 acknowledge your email of 19 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 Care Representative and Applied for the role ICT Customer support
 officer (ANZSCO 313112)   from July 2016 to till date?
Please also provide the application (Date which INZ received Application)
 and Visa Approval dates - Thanks
 
2.            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 July 2016 – April 2017?If
 yes what are they?
 
3.            Does INZ follows a set procedure or written rules in their
 SMC Resident Visa assessments or the Visa Officers and entitled to make
 their own decisions based on their individual assessments?
 
4.            Does INZ required to inform the applicants about the change
 of Immigration officers during an SMC Resident Visa application process if
 the old immigration officer moves to another team? Is there ant
 Act/Rule/Immigration Law in place relating to that?
 
5.            Is there any Act / Rules/Immigration Law in place to provide
 equal and fair treatment to the applicants without any discrimination, who
 applying for SMC Resident Visa’s based on the same offer, same position
 from the same organization and having exactly the same qualification?
 
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: Cat Beach
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Dear Amar,
I writing in regards to your request for information made under the Official Information Act 1982. 
Under the Official Information Act 1982 any person, being-
(a) a New Zealand citizen; or
(b) a permanent resident of New Zealand; or
(c) a person who is in New Zealand; or
(d) a body corporate which is incorporated in New Zealand; or
(e) a body corporate which is incorporated outside of new Zealand but which has a place of business in New Zealand, 
may request a department or Minister of the Crown or organisation to make available to him or it any specified official information.
From the information you have provided in your request it is unclear that you are entitled to make an Official Information Act request.
Before we can proceed with this request you will need to provide evidence that you are entitled to make a request. Any supporting information can be provided confidentially to our [MBIE request email] email address and/or to myself directly. 
If you have not provided suitable evidence within 3 working days your request will be refused on the basis that you are not entitled to make the request.
We look forward to hearing from you. 
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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      From: Amar Bist
      
    
    Dear Cat Beach,
I have emailed [email address] with the details yesterday with subject FOI #6573.
Yours sincerely,
Amar Bist
        From: Cat Beach
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Dear Amar, 
Thank you for sending this phone invoice through. 
We have been able to confirm your eligibility through the information you have provided. 
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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        From: Cat Beach
        Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
      
    
    Dear Amar,
 
I am writing in regards to your request under the Official Information Act
 1982 received 19 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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