5 July 2023
Manoj
[FYI request #22836 email]
File No: DOIA 2223-2683
Tēnā koe Manoj,
Thank you for your email of 17 May 2023 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:
I'm writing this to get more detailed information on the Skil ed Migrant Category (SMC) visa applications
received from offshore starting from 11 November 2022 draw.
1) As of today, I only see the monthly view of applications received / allocated. Can I get the detailed view
like the date / week of the applications received and applications allocated to officers?
2) Also, for future updates can you include information like number of approved / declined applications
per day / week basis ?
3) Also, the list doesn't differentiate on the category and onshore/offshore applications. Can you provide
this information and for future updates?
Ex: onshore / offshore applications received / allocated / approved list on a day / week basis
Our response
Please refer to Tables one–three in the appendix for the number of onshore and offshore Skilled Migrant
Category (SMC) applications submitted, approved and allocated to case officers by week, between 11
November 2022 and 17 May 2023. This data is as at 6 June 2023.
In addition, you can utilise the MBIE data migration explorer, which is a publicly available research tool,
and is updated each month. It can be found at the fol owing link:
https://mbienz.shinyapps.io/migration_data_explorer/
With regard to your request for future updates on approved/declined applications on a day/week basis,
and onshore/offshore applications, INZ does not currently intend to add these details to its website.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of the Ministry’s response to
your request, in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. Information about how to make a complaint is
available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, please contact
[email address]
Ngā mihi
Michael Carley
(Acting) Principal Advisor, Visa Operations
Immigration New Zealand
Appendix
Table one. SMC applications submitted by week between 11 November 2022 and 17 May 2023, as at 6
June 2023
Submitted week
Submitted offshore
Submitted onshore
Total
14-Nov-22
0
8
8
21-Nov-22
8
42
50
28-Nov-22
9
103
112
5-Dec-22
15
134
149
12-Dec-22
31
172
203
19-Dec-22
33
191
224
26-Dec-22
26
73
99
2-Jan-23
17
63
80
9-Jan-23
25
130
155
16-Jan-23
41
192
233
23-Jan-23
42
211
253
30-Jan-23
30
192
222
6-Feb-23
46
181
227
13-Feb-23
35
198
233
20-Feb-23
59
263
322
27-Feb-23
68
168
236
6-Mar-23
84
195
279
13-Mar-23
89
182
271
20-Mar-23
54
164
218
27-Mar-23
46
194
240
3-Apr-23
56
172
228
10-Apr-23
37
153
190
17-Apr-23
32
111
143
24-Apr-23
19
69
88
1-May-23
28
116
144
8-May-23
49
124
173
15-May-23
17
47
64
Total
996
3,848
4,844
Table two. SMC applications approved by week between 11 November 2022 and 17 May 2023, as at 6
June 2023
Approved week
Submitted offshore
Submitted onshore
Total
14-Nov-22
2
6
8
21-Nov-22
2
3
5
28-Nov-22
4
9
13
5-Dec-22
3
5
8
12-Dec-22
5
5
10
19-Dec-22
9
2
11
26-Dec-22
0
1
1
9-Jan-23
5
2
7
16-Jan-23
3
3
6
23-Jan-23
8
3
11
30-Jan-23
3
0
3
6-Feb-23
2
2
4
13-Feb-23
7
33
40
20-Feb-23
10
68
78
27-Feb-23
9
58
67
6-Mar-23
10
73
83
13-Mar-23
15
86
101
20-Mar-23
11
78
89
27-Mar-23
16
87
103
3-Apr-23
9
60
69
10-Apr-23
9
67
76
17-Apr-23
13
78
91
24-Apr-23
9
59
68
1-May-23
15
117
132
8-May-23
10
102
112
15-May-23
14
69
83
Total
203
1,076
1,279
Table three. SMC applications al ocated for processing by week of submission between 11 November
2022 and 17 May 2023, as at 6 June 2023
Submitted week
Submitted offshore
Submitted onshore
Total
14-Nov-22
0
2
2
21-Nov-22
4
20
24
28-Nov-22
2
55
57
5-Dec-22
7
78
85
12-Dec-22
13
94
107
19-Dec-22
12
77
89
26-Dec-22
13
34
47
2-Jan-23
11
25
36
9-Jan-23
13
49
62
16-Jan-23
26
81
107
23-Jan-23
24
85
109
30-Jan-23
21
80
101
6-Feb-23
35
70
105
13-Feb-23
27
121
148
20-Feb-23
22
103
125
27-Feb-23
0
22
22
6-Mar-23
2
30
32
13-Mar-23
6
23
29
20-Mar-23
3
18
21
27-Mar-23
2
29
31
3-Apr-23
2
22
24
10-Apr-23
2
17
19
17-Apr-23
2
22
24
24-Apr-23
1
11
12
1-May-23
3
18
21
8-May-23
5
20
25
15-May-23
0
11
11
Total
258
1,217
1,475