29 June 2021
Linda
[FYI request #15624 email]
DOIA 2021-2431
Dear Linda,
Thank you for your email of 31 May 2021 requesting under the Official Information Act 1982
(the OIA), the following information:
“I would like to request information on whether there is a queue for Partner of
New Zealander Work Visa's (offshore). If there is one are you able to please
confirm the date it is currently at and what INZ Office are these applications being
allocated to”
Our Response:
We can confirm that there are 53 offshore Partner of a New Zealander work visa applications
awaiting allocation as of 15 June 2021.
These applications are assessed across different Immigration New Zealand (INZ) offices and
there is therefore not one queue. Table 1 below outlines the oldest dated offshore Partner of a
New Zealander work visa application awaiting allocation at each office.
Table 1: Accepted date of the oldest offshore Partner of a New Zealander work visa application
awaiting allocation at each office processing applications from this visa category, as at 15 June
2021.
Accepted date of the oldest offshore Partner of a New Zealander
INZ office
work visa application awaiting allocation
Porirua
18 March 2021
Hamilton
25 April 2021
Nuku'alofa
3 June 2021
Beijing
6 June 2021
Apia
9 June 2021
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, please contact Immigration
New Zealand at
[email address]
Yours sincerely,
Nicola Hogg
General Manager – Border and Visa Operations
Immigration New Zealand