R6.5 Allocation of places within the New Zealand Residence Programme (26/11/2007)

1. There are three streams within the New Zealand Residence Programme:
   1. The Skilled/Business stream;
   2. The Family Sponsored stream; and
   3. The International/Humanitarian stream.
2. The Government may, from time to time, reallocate places within the three streams and/or add places to the three streams.
3. The annual allocation of places within the New Zealand Residence Programme for the Skilled/Business stream is 60% of the number of places available within the New Zealand Residence Programme.
4. The annual allocation of places within the New Zealand Residence Programme for the Parent, Adult Child and Adult Sibling policies of the Family Sponsored stream is 10% of the number of places available within the New Zealand Residence Programme.
5. The annual allocation of places within the New Zealand Residence Programme for the International/Humanitarian stream is 9% of the number of places available within the New Zealand Residence Programme.
6. The annual allocation of places within the New Zealand Residence Programme for the Partner and Dependent Child policies of the Family Sponsored stream is uncapped. For planning purposes this is estimated to be about 21%.

Effective 26/11/2007