27 July 2021
Phil Xu
[FYI request #15999 email]
Ref: DOIA 2122-0064
Dear Phil Xu,
Thank you for your email of 08 July 2021 requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA),
the following information:
“I would like to request data on a daily basis on the no. of onshore resident visa
applications lodged up to 08th Feb 2020 that yet to be allocated to case officers,
categorised as to priority and non-priority queue.
I would also like to request data on the no. of applications that were allocated weekly
to case officers from July 2021 to the date you respond to this request showing the
lodgement date of each application, categorised as to priority and non-priority queue.”
Our Response
Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has one queue for skil ed residence applications. The applications in this
queue include Skilled Migrant Category (SMC) and Resident from Work (RFW), and are not split into two
separate queues based on the application category.
Please refer to Appendix One which provides:
•
Table One: The number of unallocated skilled residence applications in the onshore non priority
and priority queues as at 20 July 2021, that were accepted for processing on or before 08
February 2020. This has been broken down by accepted date.
•
Table Two: The number of skil ed residence applications that were al ocated from the onshore
priority queue and the onshore general queue between the weeks 5 July 2021 to 26 July 2021.
Further information on the processing and allocation of SMC and Residence from Work (RFW)
applications can be found here:
SMC and RFW processing times | Immigration New Zealand
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, please contact Lautalie Leausa Vaa,
Senior Business Advisor, Operations Support, Immigration New Zealand at
[email address].
Yours sincerely,
Nicola Hogg
General Manager - Border and Visa Operations
Immigration New Zealand
APPENDIX ONE
Table One: The number of unallocated skilled residence applications in the onshore non priority and
priority queues as at 20 July 2021, that were accepted for processing on or before 08 February 2020.
This has been broken down by accepted date.
Accepted Onshore
Onshore
Date
General queue Priority queue
Total
18-Oct-19
1
0
1
29-Oct-19
10
0
10
30-Oct-19
13
0
13
31-Oct-19
23
0
23
1-Nov-19
18
0
18
4-Nov-19
27
0
27
5-Nov-19
16
0
16
6-Nov-19
25
0
25
7-Nov-19
27
0
27
8-Nov-19
44
0
44
11-Nov-19
30
0
30
12-Nov-19
28
0
28
13-Nov-19
31
0
31
14-Nov-19
22
0
22
15-Nov-19
24
0
24
17-Nov-19
1
0
1
18-Nov-19
28
0
28
19-Nov-19
40
0
40
20-Nov-19
38
0
38
21-Nov-19
40
0
40
22-Nov-19
42
0
42
25-Nov-19
35
0
35
26-Nov-19
53
0
53
27-Nov-19
37
0
37
28-Nov-19
22
0
22
29-Nov-19
36
0
36
2-Dec-19
49
0
49
3-Dec-19
36
0
36
4-Dec-19
44
0
44
5-Dec-19
43
0
43
6-Dec-19
37
0
37
9-Dec-19
55
0
55
10-Dec-19
39
0
39
11-Dec-19
32
0
32
12-Dec-19
40
0
40
13-Dec-19
49
1
50
16-Dec-19
44
0
44
17-Dec-19
52
0
52
18-Dec-19
53
1
54
19-Dec-19
52
0
52
20-Dec-19
70
0
70
21-Dec-19
1
0
1
23-Dec-19
54
0
54
24-Dec-19
33
1
34
27-Dec-19
10
1
11
30-Dec-19
10
1
11
31-Dec-19
7
0
7
3-Jan-20
7
0
7
6-Jan-20
15
0
15
7-Jan-20
25
0
25
8-Jan-20
25
0
25
9-Jan-20
21
1
22
10-Jan-20
39
1
40
13-Jan-20
20
0
20
14-Jan-20
32
0
32
15-Jan-20
35
0
35
16-Jan-20
24
0
24
17-Jan-20
47
0
47
20-Jan-20
37
0
37
21-Jan-20
37
0
37
22-Jan-20
34
0
34
23-Jan-20
45
0
45
24-Jan-20
47
3
50
27-Jan-20
2
0
2
28-Jan-20
48
0
48
29-Jan-20
40
0
40
30-Jan-20
40
0
40
31-Jan-20
45
0
45
2-Feb-20
1
0
1
3-Feb-20
28
0
28
4-Feb-20
38
0
38
5-Feb-20
39
1
40
7-Feb-20
40
0
40
Total
2,332
11
2,343
Table Two: The number of skilled residence applications that were allocated from the onshore priority
queue and the onshore general queue between the weeks 5 July 2021 to 26 July 2021.
Please note that allocations of applications to immigration officers occur weekly and the number of
applications that are al ocated is dependent upon processing capacity. The Government is currently
reviewing its approach to the New Zealand Residence Programme (NZRP). In the meantime, INZ will
continue to process applications at the same volume and with the same level of resourcing as the
previous NZRP allowed for. This has an impact on the number of applications that can be allocated
and the timeliness of application processing.
Allocation Onshore general Onshore Priority
week
queue
queue
5-Jul-21
47
40
12-Jul-21
61
31
19-Jul-21
18
37
26-Jul-21
14
88
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