Among those affected were travellers, workers and businesses, whose visas were essentially \u201cstuck\u201d because the system could not generate documents, she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a result of this system failure, applicants who have already been approved are unable to receive their visas. This includes people needing to start employment, travel, or maintain lawful status in New Zealand.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lack of transparency and the absence of contingency processes are becoming increasingly concerning.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Unexpected challenges\u2019<\/p>\n
INZ future services manager Karen Bishop said the agency appreciated the frustration it had caused customers and immigration professionals.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are working hard to resolve the issues and will take a pragmatic approach to ensure customers are not disadvantaged.<\/p>\n
\u201cTechnology platforms require regular upgrades to improve services and performance. While most occur without negatively impacting customers, this recent update was very large and complex, and presented unexpected challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n
The online system, called ADEPT, will eventually become the single visa application submission channel and processing system, with several visa types already working that way, most recently international student visas.<\/p>\n
Although it gave no numbers of impacted customers, it said Monday\u2019s visa approvals numbered approved about 2300 across the system, compared to about 3200 applications the previous Monday, of which 1300 were in the Enhanced Immigration Online system.<\/p>\n
A fix implemented on Tuesday night had significantly reduced upload issues, she added, and as of Wednesday night the system was returning to usual.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe system is currently available, but some of our customers may still be experiencing occasional issues with the ability to view and upload documents. Customers may notice changes such as occasional document drop-offs; this is being actively addressed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe outage led to a delay with visas being issued in Enhanced Immigration Online, but with the fixes we have put in place, these visas are now progressing through the system and being finalised.\u201d<\/p>\n
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