Ref: DOIA 2324-1286

 

Kia ora Y Chen,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 11 December 2023 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

‘Can you please provide information about the Parent Resident Visa Ballot?
For the EOI that have been received after 12 Oct 2022, and as of 11 Dec
2023 after the recent Nov 2023 drawn: How many EOI have been received? How
many applicants are included in those EOI? How many EOI are drawn? How
many EOI are active in the pool? Can you please explain the rationale for
the EOI charge of $430 for two year in the pool? The previous release
indicates that there are over 5,000 EOI submitted before July 2023. Does
that mean it costs at least 5000 x $430 = 2.15 million to maintain a
ballot? If the $430 includes any assessment cost for the EOI being
selected, then does it mean it imposes unfair cost on the unlucky
applicants who are not selected during the two years?’

 

Please note that the days from 25 December 2023 to 15 January 2024
(inclusive) are defined as non- working days in the Act and are not
counted in the calculation for the response due date. This may affect the
time period for responding to your request.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 30 January 2024, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then,
we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.  If you have any
enquiries regarding your request feel free to contact us via email to
[1][MBIE request email].

 

 

Nâku noa, nâ

Ministerial Services

 

Corporate Services, Finance & Enablement

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  PO Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

 

 

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Kia ora Y Chen

 

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request.

 

Ngā mihi,

Alex

 

MINISTERIAL SERVICES

Immigration New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, PO BOX 1473 Wellington 6140

NZBN 9429000106078

[1]http://thelink/how/PublishingImages/MBIE...

 

 

 

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