Ref: 1819-0939

 

Dear Mr Frank

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 12 December 2018 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

·        Can you please advise to how many citizens of the Dominican
Republic per annum a residence visa was granted from the earliest year for
which records are easily available onwards.

 

Please note that the days from 25 December 2018 to 15 January 2019
(inclusive) are defined as non- working days in the Act and are not
counted in the calculation for the response due date. This will affect the
time period for responding to your request.

 

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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Hi Tim,
 
The information you have requested is publically available on the
Immigration New Zealand website.  You can find the information you are
looking for by following the instructions below.
 
1. Click on this link -
[1]https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us...
2. Open the report titled R1 - Resident decisions by financial year
3. Select the tab titled Nationality – people (alpha)
 
You will find this tab shows the number of people from the Dominican
republic who have been granted residence each year from July 2008.
 
Please let me know if this answers your question and I will close off the
official information request.
 
Kind regards
 
Matt Burden
Senior Business Advisor
Operations Support
Immigration Group - Visa Services
 
 

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