Request for drafts and final advice regarding One-off residency policy
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To Kris Faafoi,
Do not understand why students who received Post-study work visas after trimester 1 of 2021 are entitled to the visa but students who will be graduating in trimester 2 or 3 will not receive them. The date of 29th September is extremely arbitrary and is a massive inconsistency in the policy draft.
The arbitrary dates cause uncertainty in Parliamentary intentions because only two situations can explain the conundrum.
Either the Government does not want Post-study work students between 2020/2021 to obtain residency, or, the Government wants students reaching graduation to be included in the visa. In regards to the former, if students graduating in Trimester 1 were not supposedly intended to be given residency, does this mean Parliament is merely giving away improperly calculated windfalls without deep consideration? The latter makes it even harder to understand why only graduating Trimester 1 students will be entitled to the visa and not Trimester 2,3.
I would want to request the advice and research received as to why is this the cut-off date proposed for the one-off residency visa.
I appreciate that the visa has been a life-saver to many of those stuck in New Zealand. I understand that it is not due to malice or ill-intent that many others are left behind. However, it is unjust and reprehensible that many migrants' lives will be ruined due to illogical and miscalculated policy considerations.
Migrant lives should not be determined between windfall surprises or stringent cutoffs.
Yours faithfully,
Anonymous
From: K Faafoi (MIN)
Kris Faafoi
Kia ora,
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From: K Faafoi (MIN)
Kris Faafoi
Kia Ora,
On behalf of Hon Kris Faafoi, Minister of Justice, Minister of
Immigration, and Minister for Broadcasting and Media I acknowledge receipt
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Yours sincerely
Office of Hon Kris Faafoi
Minister of Justice | Minister of Immigration | Minister for Broadcasting
and Media
Executive Wing | Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington
6160 | New Zealand
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Kia Ora
Please find attached a response to your correspondence.
Ngâ mihi
Office of Hon Kris Faafoi MP
Minister of Broadcasting, Minister of Justice, Minister of Immigration.
Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand
Authorised by Hon Kris Faafoi MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011
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Kia Ora
Please find attached a response to your correspondence.
Ngâ mihi
Office of Hon Kris Faafoi MP
Minister of Broadcasting, Minister of Justice, Minister of Immigration.
Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand
Authorised by Hon Kris Faafoi MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011
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meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
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