Overseas student visa application decisions for 2024
Data on fee paying and scholarship student visa application decisions. It covers the year 2024 and only those people outside New Zealand when they applied.
Get data on visa applications that were decided and completed during the 2024 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 2024 have been excluded from the data.
Note that the percentage of approvals and declines may not add up to 100% as withdrawals are not included.
Overseas student visa application decisions for 2024
| Country | Volume of visa applications | Number approved | Approval rate | Number declined | Decline rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 28 | 3 | 11% | 25 | 89% |
| Albania | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Algeria | 4 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 100% |
| Argentina | 84 | 67 | 80% | 16 | 19% |
| Austria | 72 | 72 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Bahrain | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Bangladesh | 671 | 301 | 45% | 364 | 54% |
| Barbados | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Belarus | 3 | 2 | 67% | 0 | 0% |
| Belgium | 58 | 58 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Belize | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Bhutan | 107 | 84 | 79% | 23 | 21% |
| Bolivia | 16 | 11 | 69% | 5 | 31% |
| Botswana | 7 | 4 | 57% | 3 | 43% |
| Brazil | 570 | 473 | 83% | 93 | 16% |
| Brunei Darussalam | 7 | 7 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 4 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Cambodia | 178 | 157 | 88% | 20 | 11% |
| Cameroon | 8 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 100% |
| Canada | 352 | 346 | 98% | 5 | 1% |
| Chad | 11 | 0 | 0% | 11 | 100% |
| Chile | 377 | 331 | 88% | 46 | 12% |
| China | 10996 | 10400 | 95% | 432 | 4% |
| Colombia | 502 | 329 | 66% | 168 | 33% |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 3 | 75% | 1 | 25% |
| Czech Republic | 27 | 27 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 7 | 2 | 29% | 5 | 71% |
| Denmark | 95 | 95 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Djibouti | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Dominica | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 100% |
| Ecuador | 91 | 51 | 56% | 38 | 42% |
| Egypt | 20 | 12 | 60% | 8 | 40% |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Estonia | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 9 | 56% | 7 | 44% |
| Fiji | 234 | 175 | 75% | 57 | 24% |
| Finland | 22 | 21 | 95% | 0 | 0% |
| France | 309 | 294 | 95% | 7 | 2% |
| Gambia | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 100% |
| Georgia | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 50% |
| Germany | 1688 | 1678 | 99% | 7 | 0% |
| Ghana | 33 | 12 | 36% | 20 | 61% |
| Great Britain | 196 | 192 | 98% | 0 | 0% |
| Greece | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Grenada | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Honduras | 6 | 6 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Hong Kong | 410 | 393 | 96% | 10 | 2% |
| Hungary | 17 | 16 | 94% | 1 | 6% |
| Iceland | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| India | 11338 | 5452 | 48% | 5698 | 50% |
| Indonesia | 648 | 583 | 90% | 57 | 9% |
| Iran | 207 | 97 | 47% | 107 | 52% |
| Iraq | 5 | 2 | 40% | 3 | 60% |
| Ireland | 35 | 34 | 97% | 1 | 3% |
| Israel | 11 | 11 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Italy | 209 | 209 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Jamaica | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Japan | 2388 | 2367 | 99% | 13 | 1% |
| Jordan | 26 | 16 | 62% | 9 | 35% |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | 12 | 60% | 8 | 40% |
| Kenya | 88 | 34 | 39% | 54 | 61% |
| Kiribati | 27 | 27 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Kuwait | 100 | 96 | 96% | 4 | 4% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 2 | 40% | 3 | 60% |
| Laos | 148 | 140 | 95% | 7 | 5% |
| Latvia | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Lebanon | 5 | 3 | 60% | 2 | 40% |
| Liberia | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Libya | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 50% |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 6 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Macau | 28 | 25 | 89% | 1 | 4% |
| Macedonia | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Malawi | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% |
| Malaysia | 466 | 445 | 95% | 20 | 4% |
| Maldives | 15 | 13 | 87% | 2 | 13% |
| Malta | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Marshall Islands | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Mauritius | 8 | 7 | 88% | 1 | 13% |
| Mexico | 139 | 123 | 88% | 16 | 12% |
| Mongolia | 64 | 25 | 39% | 38 | 59% |
| Morocco | 9 | 4 | 44% | 5 | 56% |
| Mozambique | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% |
| Myanmar | 548 | 223 | 41% | 322 | 59% |
| Namibia | 3 | 1 | 33% | 2 | 67% |
| Nauru | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Nepal | 3052 | 1128 | 37% | 1905 | 62% |
| Netherlands | 87 | 86 | 99% | 1 | 1% |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Niger | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Nigeria | 161 | 55 | 34% | 106 | 66% |
| Norway | 104 | 103 | 99% | 1 | 1% |
| Oman | 45 | 42 | 93% | 3 | 7% |
| Pakistan | 644 | 153 | 24% | 487 | 76% |
| Palau | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Palestine | 6 | 3 | 50% | 0 | 0% |
| Panama | 5 | 3 | 60% | 2 | 40% |
| Papua New Guinea | 80 | 69 | 86% | 9 | 11% |
| Paraguay | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% |
| Peru | 61 | 40 | 66% | 21 | 34% |
| Philippines | 1374 | 985 | 72% | 360 | 26% |
| Poland | 16 | 16 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Portugal | 18 | 18 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Romania | 6 | 6 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Russia | 193 | 145 | 75% | 43 | 22% |
| Rwanda | 4 | 2 | 50% | 2 | 50% |
| Samoa | 53 | 49 | 92% | 2 | 4% |
| Saudi Arabia | 53 | 34 | 64% | 19 | 36% |
| Sierra Leone | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 100% |
| Singapore | 231 | 220 | 95% | 10 | 4% |
| Slovakia | 12 | 12 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Solomon Islands | 22 | 19 | 86% | 3 | 14% |
| Somalia | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 100% |
| South Africa | 114 | 59 | 52% | 51 | 45% |
| South Korea | 1238 | 1208 | 98% | 24 | 2% |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Spain | 69 | 69 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Sri Lanka | 2245 | 1716 | 76% | 508 | 23% |
| St Lucia | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Sudan | 7 | 2 | 29% | 5 | 71% |
| Suriname | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Swaziland | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% |
| Sweden | 73 | 71 | 97% | 0 | 0% |
| Switzerland | 107 | 104 | 97% | 3 | 3% |
| Syria | 10 | 2 | 20% | 8 | 80% |
| Taiwan | 317 | 303 | 96% | 12 | 4% |
| Tajikistan | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Tanzania | 14 | 6 | 43% | 8 | 57% |
| Thailand | 1605 | 1424 | 89% | 175 | 11% |
| Timor Leste | 47 | 45 | 96% | 2 | 4% |
| Togo | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Tonga | 117 | 96 | 82% | 17 | 15% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Turkey | 52 | 11 | 21% | 39 | 75% |
| Tuvalu | 17 | 17 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Uganda | 9 | 4 | 44% | 5 | 56% |
| Ukraine | 9 | 8 | 89% | 1 | 11% |
| United Arab Emirates | 28 | 26 | 93% | 0 | 0% |
| United States of America | 2174 | 2120 | 98% | 34 | 2% |
| Uruguay | 21 | 17 | 81% | 4 | 19% |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 50% |
| Vanuatu | 21 | 21 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Venezuela | 11 | 9 | 82% | 2 | 18% |
| Vietnam | 883 | 694 | 79% | 178 | 20% |
| Yemen | 4 | 1 | 25% | 3 | 75% |
| Zambia | 8 | 5 | 63% | 3 | 38% |
| Zimbabwe | 57 | 19 | 33% | 37 | 65% |
| Total | 49336 | 36892 | 75% | 11871 | 24% |