Jamie Smith
7th July 2005, 03:14 AM
Reasonably good news for LTBV applicants waiting in the queue, also Investor Category applicants. LTBVs will get more case officers working on them, and Investor category cases at least now have a deadline for a decision, albeit a slow one. This is from NZIS' latest newsletter:
Current Allocation of Work
Over the last nine months the branch has focussed on processing residence applications. For the next six months the focus will be on long term business visas. From 4th of July the branch has 6 officers dedicated to the processing of Long Term Business category applications, 2 officers processing Investor (pre-July 4 2005 policy) applications and 2 officers processing Entrepreneur category applications.
We recognise that the LTBV application is one which is especially time dependent. Our goal is to have all Long Term Business category applications allocated by 31 December 2005. We are also focussing on new LTBV applications being allocated promptly and meeting the timeliness standards set out in our website Branch page by 31 December 2005. Once Long Term Business category applications are in flow we will then refocus our efforts on the processing of Entrepreneur applications currently held in our managed queue.
We have approximately 175 applications under the old closed Investor Category. Our objective is to have all of these decided by 30 June 2006.
Don't you just love the way that after 6 years of lobbying, NZIS now recognise that slow processing of LTBVs has been a major headache for applicants in terms of lost opportunities - without offering an apology for taking this long to wake up to the issue.
Current Allocation of Work
Over the last nine months the branch has focussed on processing residence applications. For the next six months the focus will be on long term business visas. From 4th of July the branch has 6 officers dedicated to the processing of Long Term Business category applications, 2 officers processing Investor (pre-July 4 2005 policy) applications and 2 officers processing Entrepreneur category applications.
We recognise that the LTBV application is one which is especially time dependent. Our goal is to have all Long Term Business category applications allocated by 31 December 2005. We are also focussing on new LTBV applications being allocated promptly and meeting the timeliness standards set out in our website Branch page by 31 December 2005. Once Long Term Business category applications are in flow we will then refocus our efforts on the processing of Entrepreneur applications currently held in our managed queue.
We have approximately 175 applications under the old closed Investor Category. Our objective is to have all of these decided by 30 June 2006.
Don't you just love the way that after 6 years of lobbying, NZIS now recognise that slow processing of LTBVs has been a major headache for applicants in terms of lost opportunities - without offering an apology for taking this long to wake up to the issue.