Work visa approvals in New Zealand
By entry category, 1998–2015, years to June, thousands
| Financial Year | Work Visa Policy | Number of people granted work visas |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Working Holiday schemes | 6,761 |
| 1999 | Working Holiday schemes | 8,861 |
| 2000 | Working Holiday schemes | 8,923 |
| 2001 | Working Holiday schemes | 12,922 |
| 2002 | Working Holiday schemes | 16,861 |
| 2003 | Working Holiday schemes | 20,178 |
| 2004 | Working Holiday schemes | 20,601 |
| 2005 | Working Holiday schemes | 21,323 |
| 2006 | Working Holiday schemes | 28,780 |
| 2007 | Working Holiday schemes | 32,834 |
| 2008 | Working Holiday schemes | 35,182 |
| 2009 | Working Holiday schemes | 39,346 |
| 2010 | Working Holiday schemes | 39,969 |
| 2011 | Working Holiday schemes | 43,258 |
| 2012 | Working Holiday schemes | 43,030 |
| 2013 | Working Holiday schemes | 48,631 |
| 2014 | Working Holiday schemes | 54,640 |
| 2015 | Working Holiday schemes | 61,404 |
| 1998 | Essential Skills | 14,373 |
| 1999 | Essential Skills | 9,587 |
| 2000 | Essential Skills | 11,294 |
| 2001 | Essential Skills | 13,451 |
| 2002 | Essential Skills | 16,608 |
| 2003 | Essential Skills | 23,407 |
| 2004 | Essential Skills | 27,161 |
| 2005 | Essential Skills | 27,827 |
| 2006 | Essential Skills | 28,745 |
| 2007 | Essential Skills | 31,015 |
| 2008 | Essential Skills | 36,333 |
| 2009 | Essential Skills | 29,626 |
| 2010 | Essential Skills | 22,947 |
| 2011 | Essential Skills | 22,341 |
| 2012 | Essential Skills | 22,065 |
| 2013 | Essential Skills | 22,406 |
| 2014 | Essential Skills | 26,497 |
| 2015 | Essential Skills | 28,548 |
| 1998 | Family | 3,327 |
| 1999 | Family | 3,753 |
| 2000 | Family | 3,942 |
| 2001 | Family | 7,192 |
| 2002 | Family | 9,880 |
| 2003 | Family | 11,687 |
| 2004 | Family | 15,264 |
| 2005 | Family | 17,946 |
| 2006 | Family | 18,010 |
| 2007 | Family | 20,664 |
| 2008 | Family | 24,159 |
| 2009 | Family | 25,967 |
| 2010 | Family | 25,372 |
| 2011 | Family | 25,540 |
| 2012 | Family | 25,505 |
| 2013 | Family | 25,442 |
| 2014 | Family | 26,778 |
| 2015 | Family | 29,305 |
| 1998 | Other | 8,592 |
| 1999 | Other | 14,173 |
| 2000 | Other | 13,788 |
| 2001 | Other | 17,050 |
| 2002 | Other | 19,732 |
| 2003 | Other | 15,374 |
| 2004 | Other | 14,129 |
| 2005 | Other | 20,388 |
| 2006 | Other | 30,615 |
| 2007 | Other | 38,236 |
| 2008 | Other | 41,708 |
| 2009 | Other | 42,879 |
| 2010 | Other | 42,686 |
| 2011 | Other | 45,920 |
| 2012 | Other | 49,416 |
| 2013 | Other | 50,357 |
| 2014 | Other | 49,695 |
| 2015 | Other | 53,521 |
Data provided by
Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment
Dataset name
Going Places: Data sourced from MBIE
Webpage:
http://www.mbie.govt.nz/publications-research/research
How to find the data
Qualification of migrants:
- unpublished IDI data
Work visa approvals:
- Table 21, http://www.mbie.govt.nz/publications-research/research/migrants---monitoring/migration-trends-and-outlook-2014-15-temporary-visa-holders.xlsx
Visa approvals by category:
- Table 5, http://www.mbie.govt.nz/publications-research/research/migrants---monitoring/migration-trends-and-outlook-2014-15-residents.xlsx ;
- Table 2, http://www.mbie.govt.nz/publications-research/research/migrants---monitoring/migration-trends-and-outlook-2014-15-temporary-visa-holders.xlsx ;
- Table 21, http://www.mbie.govt.nz/publications-research/research/migrants---monitoring/migration-trends-and-outlook-2014-15-temporary-visa-holders.xlsx
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Going Places: Data sourced from MBIE
From the dataset Going Places: Data sourced from MBIE, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: work
- Range:
B20:S23 - Provided: 72 data points
This data forms the table Going Places (Figure 14) - People granted work visas by selected policy 1998–2015.
About this dataset
This dataset contains selected series on immigration, emigration, population and trade drawn from published Statistics NZ and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment data.
Purpose of collection
This data was collected as part of the research for a book, Going Places: Migration, Economics and the Future of New Zealand. The book looks at how New Zealand can attract skilled, creative and entrepreneurial people born elsewhere, and whether its large overseas population can be a greater national asset. The book presents data on immigration and emigration, the impacts of those flows on New Zealand’s population, and how our people exchanges with other countries compare with our goods trade. The graphs in the book are all replicated here on Figure.NZ so as to share the data more widely.