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FOI Request: FA 20/01/01189
File Number: OBJ2020/3045

Dear Carson

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 30 January 2020 seeking access to documents held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

You have requested access to the following:

I would like to make a request for information on Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for visa subclass 189, 190(NSW) and 491(Family Sponsored) in submitted status, for each occupation, by points (from 65 pts to 100 pts), at 30 January 2019

Your request has been allocated FOI request number FA 20/01/01189. Please include your FOI request number in all correspondence with the Freedom of Information Section.

Timeframe for receiving your decision
The statutory timeframe for processing a request is 30 days from the date upon which your application was received by the Department.

Exclusion of staff details
The Department’s policy is to exclude the personal details of staff not in the Senior Executive Service (SES), as well as the direct contact details of SES staff, contained in documents that fall within scope of an FOI request. If you require personal details of non-SES officers, or direct contact details of SES staff, please inform us so the decision maker may consider your request. Otherwise we will take it that you agree to that information being excluded from the scope of your request.

Duplicate documents
If the FOI decision-maker deems a document to be a duplicate, they will not assess those pages as part of your FOI request. This means that if a there is a decision to release the document to you, you will receive only one copy, even if multiple copies of that document exists.

Publication of document
Where documents are released to you in response to your request, the Department may be required to publish these documents on its website within 10 working days in accordance with section 11C of the FOI Act. Publication will not be required where the documents contain personal or business affairs information.

Contacting the FOI Section
Should you wish to discuss your request you may contact the FOI Section at [DIBP request email].

Yours sincerely,

FOI Officer
Freedom of Information National Office
Freedom of Information, Privacy and Records Management Branch
Data Division | Corporate and Enabling Group
Department of Home Affairs
Email: [DIBP request email]

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Dear Carson

Clarification of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 30 January 2020 seeking access to documents held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

You have requested access to the following:

I would like to make a request for information on Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for visa subclass 189, 190(NSW) and 491(Family Sponsored) in submitted status, for each occupation, by points (from 65 pts to 100 pts), at 30 January 2019

You have also submitted an almost identical request where you have requested access to the following:

I would like to make a request for information on Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for visa subclass 189, 190 and 491(Family Sponsored) in submitted status, for each occupation, by points (from 65 pts to 100 pts), at 30 January 2019

Please clarify if you are requesting 190 data for NSW only or for all states and territories.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Officer
Freedom of Information National Office
FOI and Records Management Branch
Data Division | Corporate and Enabling Group
Department of Home Affairs | Email: [DIBP request email]

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Our References: FA 20/01/01189  : OBJ2020/3045

Good afternoon

I refer to your request received on 30 January 2020 for access to
documents under the FOI Act. 

The current due date for your request is 29 February 2020.  Due to the
number of requests currently being processed by our office, we will not be
able to finalise your request by the original due date.

In order for the Department to complete the process of retrieving all the
documents that fall within the scope of your request the Department will
require additional time to process your request.

The Department seeks your agreement under section 15AA of the FOI Act to
extend the timeframe for the processing of your request by 30 days.  This
would extend the due date for your request to Monday 30 March 2020. 

It would assist the Department in managing its FOI caseload if you could
provide a response to this request by close of business, Monday 2 March
2020.

If you wish to discuss this matter further, please do not hesitate to
contact me on the details below.

Regards

Assistant Director

Freedom of Information Section/ FOI and Records Management Branch

Data Division

Corporate and Enabling Group

Department of Home Affairs
Telephone: (02) 6264 1111
Email: [1][DIBP request email]

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Dear Carson

FOI request FA 20/01/01189

I refer to your FOI request received on 30 January 2020, seeking access to
the following:

‘Information on Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for visa subclass 189,
190(NSW) and 491(Family Sponsored) in submitted status, for each
occupation, by points (from 65 pts to 100 pts), at 30 January 2019’.

The Department has made a decision on this request. Please find attached
the decision record and document released under the FOI Act.

This request has now been closed.

Thanks and Regards

FOI Section

FOI and Records Management Branch

Data Division

Corporate and Enabling Group

Department of Home Affairs

Email: [1][DIBP request email]

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the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received
this email by mistake, please advise the sender and delete the message and
attachments immediately.  This email, including attachments, may contain
confidential, sensitive, legally privileged and/or copyright information.
 

Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information
by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. 
The Department of Home Affairs and ABF respect your privacy and have
obligations under the Privacy Act 1988.  

Unsolicited commercial emails MUST NOT be sent to the originator of this
email.

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