More interesting facts from INZ Statistics

 

 

Did you know that departures from New Zealand nearly doubled between May 2020 and June 2020? Did you know how many Detectives were issued with work visas? Here are some more interesting facts from INZ Statistics. 

 

On a regular basis Immigration New Zealand (INZ) release statistics to the public, we at Idesi Legal find these statistics interesting. 

 

 

Last time we posted on INZ statistics a while ago we noted the sharp decrease in arrivals into New Zealand. This time we look at people leaving New Zealand. While there was a sharp drop between March and April from 278,227 to 30,649 respectively. People are still leaving and between May and June, departures nearly doubled from 7672 to 11,710. Despite this – departures remain at historically low levels.

 

Month	Number
March 2020	278,227
April 2020	30,649
May 2020	7,672
June 2020	11,738
July 2020	14,535
August 2020	10,799
September 2020	12,464

(source: https://www.immigration.govt.nz/documents/statistics/statistics-all-departments-by-month)

Who is leaving New Zealand?

For the Month of June the nationality of departures from China and ‘other nationalities’ (only Australia, China, ‘Other Nationalities’ and Germany are published) was 1770 and 7282 respectively. This may reflect temporary visa holders returning to their country of origin.

 

Month	Australia	China	Germany	Great Britain	Other Nationalities
June 2020	532	1770	411	843	7282
September 2020	434	2153	207	719	5499

(source: https://www.immigration.govt.nz/documents/statistics/statistics-all-departments-by-month)

INZ Residence Applications On Hand

As of June 2020, INZ has 51,660 applications on hand (this means with INZ but not necessarily accepted for processing). This is a sharp increase from June 2019 when it was a much more comfortable 27, 876. While this looks alarming you should not let it put you off putting off applying for a Residence Visa. The October 2020 figures are 50,608 which indicates more applications are being processed – which indicates things are going in the right direction.

If you think you qualify for residence, please contact Idesi Legal for assistance.

Month and year	Number of applications on hand
June 2017	16,798
June 2018	15,454
June 2019	27,876
June 2020	51,660

(source: https://www.immigration.govt.nz/documents/statistics/statistics-residence-applications-on-hand )

Work Visa Applications by Occupation

 

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