5 September 2023
Ice Wu
[FYI request #23740 email]
DOIA 2324-0279
Tēnā koe Ice
Thank you for your email of 8 August 2023 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:
“Could you please provide an update information as per below in the table for the last 4 quarterly EOI
selection from the queued pool.
Table 1: Contains
4 columns represent EOI Selection date in -November 2022 -February 2023 -May 2023 -August 2023
9 rows represent data below in each EOI Selection date -Number of EOIs selected -Number of applicants
from selected EOIs -Number of Invitations to Apply (ITA) issued -Number of applications submitted -
Number of applicants from submitted applications -Number of approved applications -Number of
applicants from approved applications -Number of declined applications -Number of applicants from
declined applications
Table 2: Timeframes between applications received and being decided since November 2022 until
present, breakdown by -Average number of days in weekdays -90% of applications completed in xx
weekdays”
MBIE has assessed and decided to grant your request and wil provide you the requested information.
However, it wil take us some time to process. We wil send you the information as soon as it is ready and
without undue delay.
We expect to be able to provide you with this information in the next two weeks.
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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.
Nāku noa, nā
Jack Price
Manager, Ministerial Services
Associate Deputy Secretary Immigration Branch
Immigration New Zealand.
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