20 September 2022
Corey-Jon
[FYI request #20486 email]
DOIA 2223-0492
Dear Corey-Jon
Thank you for your email of 8 September 2022 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
(MBIE) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:
1) Please provide me with the total number of people that are residing in New Zealand, on a Work
Visa that hold Citizenship in Chile.
2) Please provide me with the total number of people that are residing in New Zealand, on a Work
Visa that hold Citizenship in Argentina
3) Please provide me with the total number of people that are residing in New Zealand, on a Work
Visa that hold Citizenship in Falkland Islands or Malvinas.
4) Please provide me with the total number of people that are residing in New Zealand, on a Work
Visa that hold Citizenship in Brazil.
5) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand Citizens that currently hold Dual
Citizenship with Chile.
6) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand Citizens that currently hold Dual
Citizenship with Argentina.
7) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand Citizens that currently hold Dual
Citizenship with Falkland Islands or Malvinas.
8) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand Citizens that currently hold Dual
Citizenship with Brazil.
9) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand Police staff or contractors, that are
employed or contractors on work permit Visas.
10) Please provide me the total number of New Zealand Police staff or contractors, that hold Dual
Citizenship and which country they hold the Dual citizenship with.
11) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand Police staff or contractors, that have
applied for Citizenship and are yet to be awarded Citizenship to New Zealand. Please include their
countries of origin or which country they hold Citizenship in currently.
12) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand Police staff or contractors, that are
citizens of Chile.
13) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand Police staff or contractors, that are
citizens of Argentina.
14) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand Police staff or contractors, that are
citizens of Brazil.
15) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand Police staff or or contractors, that are
citizens of Falkland Islands or Malvinas.
16) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand Defence Force staff or contractors,
that hold dual citizenship with Chile.
17) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand Defence Force staff or contractors,
that hold dual citizenship with Argentina.
18) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand Defence Force staff or contractors,
that hold dual citizenship with Brazil.
19) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand Defence Force staff or or contractors,
that hold dual citizenship with Falkland island or Malvinas.
20) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand permanent residents, being citizens,
refugees or current work permit visa holders, that hold Dual citizenship with Chile.
21) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand permanent residents, being citizens,
refugees or current work permit visa holders, that hold Dual citizenship with Argentina.
22) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand permanent residents, being citizens,
refugees or current work permit visa holders, that hold Dual citizenship with Brazil.
23) Please provide me with the total number of New Zealand permanent residents, being citizens,
refugees or current work permit visa holders, that hold Dual citizenship with Falkland Islands or
Malvinas.
24) Please provide me with the total numbers of people currently residing in New Zealand that may
hold Citizenship from any of the States/Areas currently known as Antarctica, if any.
25) Please provide the total number of New Zealand Government Employees or contractors.
26) Please provide the total number of New Zealand Government Employees or contractors and
which department or agency of the New Zealand Government they are employed or contracting to.
Please also include the total numbers of those who hold Dual Citizenship and which other Country
they are citizens of.
Further to our correspondence on 15 September 2022, notifying you of the partial transfer of your
request to the New Zealand Police (parts 9 – 15) and to the New Zealand Defence Force (parts 16 – 19),
this letter is to notify you that MBIE is transferring parts 5 – 8 of your request to the Department of
Internal Affairs, in accordance with section 14(b)(i) of the Act, which allows me to transfer any request
where the information is not held, but is believed to be held by another department, organisation or
Minister of the Crown.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information
about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
Yours sincerely
Andrew Newbery
Business Manager – Business Management Team
Immigration New Zealand
