34367 (2025). Hon Phil Twyford to the Minister of Immigration
Written Question
Published date: 28 Jul 2025
34367 (2025). Hon Phil Twyford to the Minister of Immigration: How many Full-Time Employees, if any, are currently working on implementing the changes to the Accredited Employer Work Visa?
Hon Erica Stanford: As at the week ending 18 July 2025, approximately 33 FTEs are working on the implementation of changes to the AEWV policy. In addition, a further 1 FTE is working on changes to the AEWV policy. This implementation involves teams across MBIE and INZ including ICT, Operational Policy, Service Design, Change Delivery, Communications, Stakeholder Engagement and Risk & Verification teams. These figures do not include Managerial oversight.