People granted New Zealand residence visas under the Skilled/Business stream

Year ended June 2006–2017

The following information applies to all values in the table. New Zealand Residence Programme Stream: Skilled/Business, Decision: Number of people approved
Year ended June	Number of applicants
2006	31,870
2007	28,140
2008	27,303
2009	28,547
2010	28,473
2011	23,145
2012	20,431
2013	20,007
2014	22,924
2015	24,274
2016	29,719
2017	28,646

Data provided by

Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment

Dataset name

Migration Trends and Outlook: Residents 2016/17

Webpage:

https://www.mbie.govt.nz/immigration-and-tourism/immigration/migration-research-and-evaluation/migration-trends-report

How to find the data

At URL provided, select 'Residents' from the box at the right-hand side of the page.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Migration Trends and Outlook: Residents 2016/17

From the dataset Migration Trends and Outlook: Residents 2016/17, this data was extracted:

Sheet: 3
Range: C5:N20
Provided: 192 data points

This data forms the table Migration - Approvals and declines of applications by stream 2006–2017.

Dataset originally released on:

March 29, 2018

About this dataset

This annual report is the 17th in a series that examines trends in temporary and permanent migration to and from New Zealand. The report updates trends to 2016/17 and compares recent immigration patterns with patterns identified in previous years.

People granted New Zealand residence visas under the Skilled/Business stream

Year ended June 2006–2017

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