Offshore student visa application decisions for 2022
Data on fee paying and scholarship student visa application decisions. It covers the year 2022 and only those people outside New Zealand when they applied.
Get data on visa applications that were decided and completed during the 2022 calendar year.
The data covers applications from people who were outside New Zealand when they applied for:
- Fee Paying Student Visa
- Pathway Student Visa
- English Language Studies Student Visa
- MFAT-funded NZ Scholarship Student Visa, and
- Exchange Student Visa.
Countries where no applications were completed in 2022 have been excluded from the data.
Offshore student visa application decisions for 2022
| Applicant nationality | Number approved | Number declined | Decline rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 3 | 7 | 70% |
| Albania | 2 | 1 | 33% |
| Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Argentina | 48 | 3 | 6% |
| Austria | 42 | 0 | 0% |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Bahamas | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Bangladesh | 45 | 8 | 15% |
| Barbados | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Belarus | 3 | 1 | 25% |
| Belgium | 19 | 1 | 5% |
| Benin | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| Bhutan | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Bolivia | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Botswana | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Brazil | 358 | 22 | 6% |
| Brunei Darussalam | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Cambodia | 78 | 2 | 3% |
| Cameroon | 2 | 3 | 60% |
| Canada | 263 | 5 | 2% |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Chile | 217 | 9 | 4% |
| China | 5,161 | 210 | 4% |
| Colombia | 199 | 25 | 11% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Czech Republic | 10 | 1 | 9% |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Denmark | 32 | 0 | 0% |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Ecuador | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Egypt | 17 | 2 | 11% |
| El Salvador | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1 | 20% |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Fiji | 114 | 11 | 9% |
| Finland | 11 | 1 | 8% |
| France | 133 | 0 | 0% |
| Georgia | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Germany | 679 | 5 | 1% |
| Ghana | 16 | 5 | 24% |
| Great Britain | 89 | 2 | 2% |
| Greece | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Guatemala | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Guinea | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Guyana | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Honduras | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Hong Kong | 247 | 5 | 2% |
| Hungary | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Iceland | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| India | 1812 | 700 | 28% |
| Indonesia | 325 | 9 | 3% |
| Iran | 131 | 47 | 26% |
| Iraq | 7 | 2 | 22% |
| Ireland | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Israel | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Italy | 50 | 2 | 4% |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 25% |
| Japan | 780 | 10 | 1% |
| Jordan | 15 | 3 | 17% |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 7 | 39% |
| Kenya | 15 | 4 | 21% |
| Kiribati | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| Kuwait | 73 | 0 | 0% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Laos | 37 | 0 | 0% |
| Latvia | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1 | 13% |
| Liberia | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Libya | 2 | 1 | 33% |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Macau | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Macedonia | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Malawi | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Malaysia | 579 | 10 | 2% |
| Maldives | 4 | 2 | 33% |
| Malta | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1 | 17% |
| Mexico | 43 | 3 | 7% |
| Moldova | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Mongolia | 6 | 1 | 14% |
| Morocco | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| Mozambique | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Myanmar | 42 | 15 | 26% |
| Namibia | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| Nauru | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Nepal | 125 | 79 | 39% |
| Netherlands | 34 | 0 | 0% |
| Nigeria | 41 | 26 | 39% |
| Norway | 31 | 0 | 0% |
| Oman | 30 | 1 | 3% |
| Pakistan | 73 | 18 | 20% |
| Palestine | 1 | 2 | 67% |
| Panama | 22 | 0 | 0% |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 6 | 15% |
| Paraguay | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Peru | 31 | 3 | 9% |
| Philippines | 568 | 36 | 6% |
| Poland | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Portugal | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Romania | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Russia | 79 | 29 | 27% |
| Rwanda | 3 | 2 | 40% |
| Samoa | 47 | 0 | 0% |
| Saudi Arabia | 27 | 5 | 16% |
| Seychelles | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Sierra Leone | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Singapore | 129 | 6 | 4% |
| Slovakia | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Solomon Islands | 16 | 0 | 0% |
| South Africa | 43 | 9 | 17% |
| South Korea | 621 | 14 | 2% |
| South Sudan | 0 | 3 | 100% |
| Spain | 58 | 0 | 0% |
| Sri Lanka | 256 | 189 | 42% |
| St Kitts - Nevis | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Suriname | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Sweden | 44 | 0 | 0% |
| Switzerland | 64 | 0 | 0% |
| Syria | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| Taiwan | 155 | 4 | 3% |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1 | 25% |
| Thailand | 842 | 37 | 4% |
| Timor Leste | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| Tonga | 52 | 3 | 5% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Turkey | 7 | 4 | 36% |
| Tuvalu | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Uganda | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 17% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| United States of America | 707 | 19 | 3% |
| Uruguay | 5 | 2 | 29% |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1 | 33% |
| Vietnam | 351 | 73 | 17% |
| Yemen | 3 | 5 | 63% |
| Zambia | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 6 | 26% |