Number of Business Innovation Visa (Class 188A,B,C) cases and process times.

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FOI Request: FA 19/11/01143
File Number: OBJ2019/59217

Dear Mr Stone,

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 20 November 2019 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:
1. number of 188 Business Innovation Visa (Innovation; Investor; Significant Investor Stream) that are currently been assessed in the HongKong Business Centre to November 2019.
2. The current date of cases that are been currently assessed in HongKong Business Centre.
3. The average processing date of the Business Innovation Category (188A).
4. Average Processing Speed based on the Team within the HongKong Consulate Business Visa Sector.

Your request was received by the Department on 20 November 2019 and has been allocated FOI request number FA 19/11/01143 . Please include your FOI request number in all correspondence with the Freedom of Information Section.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Stone <[FOI #5926 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2019 5:23 PM
To: FOI <[DIBP request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Number of Business Innovation Visa (Class 188A,B,C) cases and process times.

Dear Department of Home Affairs,

I would like to request following number of documents.
1. number of 188 Business Innovation Visa (Innovation; Investor; Significant Investor Stream) that are currently been assessed in the HongKong Business Centre to November 2019.
2. The current date of cases that are been currently assessed in HongKong Business Centre.
3. The average processing date of the Business Innovation Category (188A).
4. Average Processing Speed based on the Team within the HongKong Consulate Business Visa Sector.

Yours faithfully,

J Stone

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In reply please quote:
FOI Request: FA 19/11/01143
File Number: OBJ2019/59217

Dear Mr Stone,

Clarification of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 20 November 2019 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:
1. number of 188 Business Innovation Visa (Innovation; Investor; Significant Investor Stream) that are currently been assessed in the HongKong Business Centre to November 2019.
2. The current date of cases that are been currently assessed in HongKong Business Centre.
3. The average processing date of the Business Innovation Category (188A).
4. Average Processing Speed based on the Team within the HongKong Consulate Business Visa Sector.

You have requested data for the Hong Kong Business Centre, and for Hong Kong Consulate Business Visa Sector. We are unable to provide data specific to those sections. Please clarify if you are happy to proceed where the Processing Centre is Hong Kong only.

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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Subject: Acknowledgement – FOI request FA 19/11/01143 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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In reply please quote:
FOI Request: FA 19/11/01143
File Number: OBJ2019/59217

Dear Mr Stone,

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 20 November 2019 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:
1. number of 188 Business Innovation Visa (Innovation; Investor; Significant Investor Stream) that are currently been assessed in the HongKong Business Centre to November 2019.
2. The current date of cases that are been currently assessed in HongKong Business Centre.
3. The average processing date of the Business Innovation Category (188A).
4. Average Processing Speed based on the Team within the HongKong Consulate Business Visa Sector.

Your request was received by the Department on 20 November 2019 and has been allocated FOI request number FA 19/11/01143 . 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.

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.

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