• Source: 1 NEWS Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi has rebuffed Breakfast host John Campbell's suggestions the expressions of interest queue for residency is a "bit of a shambles". Your playlist will load after this ad Kris Faafoi rebuffed Breakfast host John Campbell's suggestion the situation is "a bit of shambles" and Labour is "flat-footed". Source: Breakfast Expressions of interest (EOI) for the Skilled Migrant Category visa — which enables those 55 and under who are selected and their families to live in New Zealand indefinitely — has been frozen since April 2020. The backlog stands at about 12,000 EOIs for those who are already here, while there are about 1500 applications from people offshore.