Education agent performance data

Student visa approval rate data for education agents recruiting students from overseas.

International markets

To give immigration advice, people must be licensed or exempt from licensing under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007.

Education agents who are not in New Zealand advising on student visas only are exempt from the requirement to be licensed, however they must declare their involvement in the student visa application.

There are a number of professional bodies or groups for immigration professionals to collaborate in the international education space.

Some agents or advisers may join these if they wish, but it is not an Immigration New Zealand requirement to be a member of one of these groups in order to submit a student visa application or provide immigration advice outside New Zealand, on student visas only.

Read more about providing immigration advice to students.

Providing immigration advice to students

Education agent performance data reports

The reports show the offshore student visa approval rates and application volumes (range) for education agents by market.

Only those applications where the agent (exempt adviser) has been declared on the application and a declaration form provided are included in the data.

Approval rates in the reports are based on international student visa applications from applicants who were offshore at the time the student visa was applied for.

The reports do not include: