5 February 2020
Satish
By email: [FYI request #14436 email]
File No: DOIA 2021-1272
Dear Satish
Thank you for your email of 11 January 2021, requesting the fol owing information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the OIA):
“Can you please provide me the number of SMC onshore applications remaining
in the queue which are submitted before 17th Aug 2019 (Monthly Break up like
June, July, Aug) in the queue waiting for allocation to a case officer?”
Our response
Please refer to the fol owing table for the total number of Skilled Migrant Category (SMC) applications
that were accepted prior to 17 August 2019, and were in the skilled residence onshore non-priority
queue as at 30 January 2021, broken down by month accepted for processing.
Month Accepted
Count of applications
July 2019
41
August 2019
343
Any updates in regards to the allocation of applications can be found at the following link:
www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/media-centre/news-notifications/how-we-prioritise-resident-
visa-applications/smc-and-rfw-timeframe-information. If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, please contact Anna McLachlan,
Business Advisor, Operations Support, Immigration New Zealand
at [email address]. Yours sincerely
Nicola Hogg
General Manager
Border and Visa Operations
Immigration New Zealand