35908 (2025). Hon Phil Twyford to the Minister of Immigration

Written Question

Published date: 04 Aug 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	35908 (2025)
Question asked:	21 Jul 2025
Member asking:	Hon Phil Twyford
Portfolio:	Minister of Immigration
Minister replying:	Hon Erica Stanford
Answer received:	29 Jul 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_35908_2025
Document guid:	3b208284-e69e-4187-a0f5-18a701f51db9

35908 (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 25 July 2025, approximately 36 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.