R6.5 Allocation of places within the New Zealand Residence Programme (01/07/2011)

1. There are four streams within the New Zealand Residence Programme (NZRP):
   1. The Skilled/Business stream;
   2. The Uncapped Family stream;
   3. The Capped Family stream;
   4. The International/Humanitarian stream.
2. The Government may, from time to time, reallocate places for approvals within the four streams and/or add places to the four streams.
3. The allocation of places within the NZRP for the Skilled/Business stream is approximately 80,700 to 89,925 places across the three year period.
4. The Uncapped Family stream does not have a cap on available places. However, for planning purposes the allocation of places within the NZRP is estimated to be approximately 29,700 to 32,100 places across the three year period. This stream includes partner and dependent child instructions.
5. The allocation of places within the NZRP for the Capped Family stream is approximately 14,850 to 16,500 places across the three year period. This stream includes the parent, and the sibling and adult child instructions.
6. The allocation of places within the NZRP for the International /Humanitarian stream is approximately 9,750 to 11,475 places across the three year period.

Effective 01/07/2011