Originally Posted by
EGoodhue
This is a really good question. I've just been through the process of requesting prioritisation for a client of mine whose salary change would mean they would be eligible for moving across to the priority queue - but INZ are being so stubborn about it and are literally making up rules that don't exist to try and prevent him from going into the priority queue! (You wouldn't even believe half the stuff I see INZ making up on a daily basis....).
In terms of a secondment, I doubt INZ would count that as meeting the criteria for prioritisation, based on what I've seen recently and the fact that you'd be making the request on the basis of a role that's not your substantive role or the role you're wanting to be assessed under for skilled employment (since it wouldn't meet the criteria of 'ongoing'). But, in all honesty, you've got nothing to lose by making a request and testing the waters. The worst that can happen is that they say 'No' and you stay in the queue where you are right now...no harm done.