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Clean state legislation

Jaspreet Sohal made this Official Information request to Immigration Advisers Authority

The request was refused by Immigration Advisers Authority.

From: Jaspreet Sohal

Dear Immigration Advisers Authority,
Hello immigration New Zealand, does a visa applicant has to mention his new zealand criminal convictions in nz visa application form once he gets a clean state ( convictions concealed under clean state legislation).Or they can tick NO on visa application form as applicant has received clean state.

Yours faithfully,
Jaspreet Sohal

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Immigration Advisers Authority

Thank you for your email.  Please note we are closed over the Christmas
and New Year close-down period. 

You may find the answer to your query on our website at [1]www.iaa.govt.nz
.

We issue licences to immigration advisers and work to increase the
standard of immigration advice. Licensed advisers are listed on our
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If you need help with your visa, please call immigration New Zealand on
0508 55 88 55 or a licensed immigration adviser. We cannot give
immigration advice.

We re-open at 8.30am Thursday 3 January 2019 and will answer your email as
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We wish you a safe holiday and a prosperous New Year.

Kind regards,

Client Services Team

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From: Neil Bailey

Hello Jaspreet

 

Your query below is a general enquiry and not a request for official
Information.

 

You will find the answer on the INZ website (see link below).  The
particular section you need to refer to is A5.5.1 Impact of the Criminal
Records (clean slate) Act 2004.

 

[1]https://www.immigration.govt.nz/document...

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Neil Bailey

SENIOR BUSINESS ADVISOR, Operations Support

 

Visa Services, Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

[email address]

Level 1, 15 Stout Street, Wellington, New Zealand

 

 

 

On 29/12/2018 10:11 p.m., Jaspreet Sohal
"[2][FOI #9319 email]" wrote:
> Dear Immigration Advisers Authority,
> Hello immigration New Zealand, does a visa applicant has to mention his
new zealand criminal convictions in nz visa application form once he gets
a clean state ( convictions concealed under clean state legislation).Or
they can tick NO on visa application  form as applicant has received clean
state.
>
> Yours faithfully,
> Jaspreet Sohal
>

[3]www.govt.nz - your guide to finding and using New Zealand government
services

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Mr Rodgers left an annotation ()

I attended an OIA course once run by a senior lawyer who was one of architects of the Act.

He stressed that;
a) everything from documents, emails, hand written notes, conversations, etc was Official Information, and,
b) any question was an OIA request.

MBIE should know better that a "general enquiry" is a OIA request.

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