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Good Afternoon,

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 9 Jan 2019 for,

Following the written question by MP Melissa Lee from 07 Dec 2018 number 36373 that you avoided answering, could you please elaborate on what correspondence and reports, by title and date, have you received regarding Parent Category Immigration visa applications since June 2018 when the program was supposed to re-open? Acknowledging the recent petition by David Barker to "Lift the moratorium on Parent Category Immigration visa applications" collecting over 5500 signatures and proving the public interest in the subject, could you make the correspondence and reports requested above be available to the public under the OIA? Considering the information available to you at this point, is there any other information that you require to make a decision on the Parent Category Immigration visa?

We received your request on 9 Jan 2019. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 20 working days after the day your request was received.

If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken into account.

Yours Sincerely

Office Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
Minister of Immigration
Minister for ACC
Deputy Leader of the House | MP for Palmerston North
P: 64 (4) 817 8713
Authorised by Hon Iain Lees-Galloway, Wellington

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From: Azaria Bialik [mailto:[FYI request #9364 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 9 January 2019 1:30 PM
To: I Lees-Galloway (MIN) <[Iain Lees-Galloway request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Parent Category Immigration visa

Dear Iain Lees-Galloway,

Following the written question by MP Melissa Lee from 07 Dec 2018 number 36373 that you avoided answering, could you please elaborate on what correspondence and reports, by title and date, have you received regarding Parent Category Immigration visa applications since June 2018 when the program was supposed to re-open?

Acknowledging the recent petition by David Barker to "Lift the moratorium on Parent Category Immigration visa applications" collecting over 5500 signatures and proving the public interest in the subject, could you make the correspondence and reports requested above be available to the public under the OIA?

Considering the information available to you at this point, is there any other information that you require to make a decision on the Parent Category Immigration visa?

Yours faithfully,
Azaria Bialik

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Good Afternoon,

 

Please find attached a response to your OIA request from Hon Iain
Lees-Galloway,

 

Kind regards,

 

 

[1]Crest Office Hon Iain Lees-Galloway

Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety

Minister of Immigration

Minister for ACC

Deputy Leader of the House | MP for Palmerston North

P: 64 (4) 817 8713

                        Authorised by Hon Iain Lees-Galloway, Wellington

 

 

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