Coversheet: Support for temporary visa holders in hardship from 1 September 2021

Hon Carmel Sepuloni, Minister for Social Development and Employment

These documents have been proactively released.

4 August 2021, Cabinet paper – Support for temporary visa holders in hardship from 1 September 2021, including Appendix One – Table of grant of Emergency Benefits to temporary visa holders

4 August 2021, Cabinet Social Wellbeing Committee Minute of Decision SWC-21-MIN- 0115

9 August 2021, Cabinet Minute of Decision CAB-21-MIN-0296, Cabinet Office.

This paper notes the Emergency Benefit for temporary visa holders in hardship will end on 31 August 2021 and seeks agreement to extend the Immigration New Zealand repatriation fund for 6 months.

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• Section 6(a) – to avoid prejudice to the security, defence, or international relations of New Zealand
• Section 6(b)(i) – to avoid prejudice of the entrusting of information provided by another Government
• Section 9(2)(a) – to protect information that would breach the privacy of natural persons
• Section 9(2)(b)(ii) – to protect information which would be likely to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied (or is the subject of) the information
• Section 9(2)(f)(iv) – to protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and Officials
• Section 9(2)(h) – this information is legally privileged.
• Out of scope.

Please note – The Cabinet paper had a typographical error in paragraph 41: MSD and MFAT have worked together since 1 December 2020 not 1 December 2021. This does not have a substantive change on the information provided.

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