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FOI Request:         FA 20/07/00272

File Number:          ADF2020/61138 

Dear Xingjia Yan

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 23 June 2020 seeking access to
documents held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

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Scope of request

You have requested access to the following:

The Number of EOIs in the submitted status for 491 family stream as at
12/06/2020 with respect to their points, for each occupations.

Your request was received by the Department on 23 June 2020 and has been
allocated FOI request number FA 20/07/00272 . Please include your FOI
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Yours sincerely

FOI Officer

FOI and Records Management Branch

Data Division

Strategy & Law Enforcement Group

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E: [6][DIBP request email]

Dear Department of Home Affairs,

I would like to know the Number of EOIs in the submitted status for 491
family stream as at 12/06/2020 with respect to their points, for each
occupations.

Yours faithfully,

xingjia

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In reply please quote:

FOI Request:         FA 20/07/00272

File Number:          ADF2020/61138 

Good morning,    

Withdrawal of Freedom of Information Access Request

I refer to your correspondence of 23 June 2020 seeking access to documents
held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) under the Freedom
of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) and our subsequent acknowledgement
of that request.

As you may be aware, earlier this year the Department launched a dashboard
on its SkillSelect website to provide visa Expression of Interest (EOI)
statistics.  The Department has undertaken a review of the SkillSelect
Dashboard to ensure that there is no reasonable chance of an individual
being re-identified from the EOI statistics. 

The dashboard is now available again and can be accessed via the
Department’s SkillSelect [1]web page and comprises a comprehensive library
of historic and current statistics in relation to Expressions of Interest
(EOIs).  The dashboard is a one-stop shop for SkillSelect EOI statistics
and is freely available on demand, without any need to formally request
the statistics and wait for such a request to be processed. Bypassing the
FOI process will significantly reduce delays in obtaining the same
information as has previously been provided in response to FOI requests.

As this information is now publically available, you may wish to withdraw
you FOI request.  Please note, if you do not advise the Department that
you wish to continue with this FOI request within 5 days of this email,
your request will be taken to have been withdrawn. 

Signed electronically,

FOI Team

Freedom of Information Section

FOI and Records Management Branch

Data Division | Strategy and Law Enforcement Group

Department of Home Affairs
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