Richard O’Brien is to be allowed into New Zealand :)

August 3, 2010 by
Filed under: NZIS & Immigration issues 

Really chuffed to be able to blog some good immigration news for a change: The associate immigration minister – Kate Wilkinson has apparently agreed to let the great Richard O’Brien have residence in New Zealand despite not fitting any of the current criteria.

O’Brien, 68, would still have to pass police and health checks, but Ms Wilkinson had said she would make exceptions on requirements for him to be 55 or under and have a job offer in New Zealand.

So basically – what they are saying is that he can apply under the Sibling Sponsorship rules, but not have to match teh age and job offer requirements – so its not quite as Rubber Stamped from the sounds of it as it might at first look. Still – its a step in the right direction.

They are expected the application to take about a month – so all I can say is I hope they don’t get my dad’s waste-of-space case officer (because it will go through the London Office) and I hope the even bigger waste-of-space Medical officer has retired by now on the grounds of gross imbecility. Otherwise Mr O’Brien could be in for a long haul.

But good news! It’s about time.

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4 Comments on Richard O’Brien is to be allowed into New Zealand :)

  1. Sophie on Tue, 3rd Aug 2010 10:39 am

    2. Best of luck to M. Riff Raff!

    Re “the even bigger waste-of-space Medical officer”, nah.. I think I’ve got him. Either that or his slower-than-a-tortoise twin sibling.

    07/12/09: Partnership application submitted
    15/12/09: Referred to MA
    25/02/10: MA reply #1 (72 days)
    08/03/10: Onco reply #1
    25/05/10: MA reply #2 (78 days)
    14/06/10: Onco reply #2
    ???: MA reply #3 (49 days and counting)

    Why is it that we have 4 weeks to get info back to them, but they have no limit on the time they can have to mull over a response?

    This last time I asked my CO how long it might take to hear back, he told me that the waiting list/queue was much shorter than in the early part of the year. So after a month I asked whether he’d heard anything, and was told that my MA has a large backlog because he hadn’t taken any leave yet this year. Ok. So what was his excuse the last 2 times then?

    /rant..

  2. Juli Ryan on Tue, 3rd Aug 2010 4:50 pm

    3. Immigration issues like this get me so riled up. If Mr O’Brien spent his teens and early 20s living in NZ, he already should be a NZ citizen.

  3. admin on Tue, 3rd Aug 2010 6:22 pm

    4. Sophie – so basically Immigration Lied (shock) to the Ombudsman when they said this wouldn’t happen again then.


    Mr Ross Wells, Manager of the Business Improvement and Risk arm of the Department of Labour has been informed of the situation. Mr Wells proposes to raise the issues when the department outlines its Performance Improvement Action to the State Service Commission, in the near future.”

    Didn’t do a very thorough job of cleaning up the department did he? Hope he lost his job in the clear out of useless money wasting bureaucrats.

    If you decide to complain about this and make a stink to the ombudsman when its all over – let me know and ill send you a copy of the letter they sent me. You can ask them to explain why they took no action and allowed you to go through the same crap rather than do their job properly and investigate.

  4. Sophie on Thu, 5th Aug 2010 12:46 am

    5. Thanks :) I do plan to make a complaint once everything’s done and dusted, and my MiL is already riled up enough that she wants to rant to her MP. Some extra ammunition will come in very useful!

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