Offshore student visa decision data
This student visa decision data is used by education providers to determine what evidence of English language proficiency international students need to provide when they enrol.
The following data relates to fee paying and scholarship student visa applicants who were outside New Zealand when they applied, and their visa application was decided and completed during the 2017 calendar year (unless otherwise indicated by a *).
Rule 18 of the NZQF Programme Approval and Accreditation Rules
Rule 18 of the New Zealand Qualification Authority’s NZQF Programme Approval and Accreditation Rules specifies what evidence of English language proficiency education providers may accept from potential students.
Students who hold a passport from a country with a student visa decline rate of more than 20% have fewer options for showing how they meet the English language requirements for their course.
Changes to Rule 18
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority is currently considering changes to Rule 18. As the student visa decline rates will not be updated during this review process you should continue to use the 2017 decline rates for the purpose of meeting Rule 18.
Rule 18 of the NZQF Programme Approval and Accreditation Rules
Offshore student visa application decisions for 2017
Published on 24 January 2018
| Applicant nationality | Number approved | Number declined | Decline rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 0 | 9 | 100% |
| Albania | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| Algeria | 1 | 8 | 89% |
| Andorra | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Angola | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Argentina | 237 | 16 | 6% |
| Armenia | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| Austria | 114 | 2 | 2% |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Bahamas* | 2* | 0* | 0%* |
| Bahrain | 2 | 3 | 60% |
| Bangladesh | 77 | 164 | 68% |
| Barbados | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Belarus | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| Belgium | 34 | 0 | 0% |
| Belize | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Bhutan | 7 | 1 | 13% |
| Bolivia | 18 | 4 | 18% |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Botswana | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Brazil | 1510 | 150 | 9% |
| Brunei Darussalam | 16 | 2 | 11% |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 25% |
| Burundi | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Cambodia | 176 | 35 | 17% |
| Cameroon | 2 | 6 | 75% |
| Canada | 260 | 7 | 3% |
| Chad | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Chile | 522 | 18 | 3% |
| China | 7327 | 542 | 7% |
| Colombia | 931 | 145 | 13% |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 25% |
| Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Cuba | 5 | 5 | 50% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Czech Republic | 50 | 0 | 0% |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Denmark | 130 | 1 | 1% |
| Djibouti* | 0* | 1* | 100%* |
| Dominica | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 1 | 33% |
| Ecuador | 36 | 17 | 32% |
| Egypt | 20 | 30 | 60% |
| El Salvador | 1 | 2 | 67% |
| Eritrea | 1 | 2 | 67% |
| Estonia | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Ethiopia | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Fiji | 301 | 57 | 16% |
| Finland | 28 | 0 | 0% |
| France | 379 | 3 | 1% |
| Georgia | 2 | 1 | 33% |
| Germany | 1324 | 6 | 0% |
| Ghana | 10 | 17 | 63% |
| Great Britain | 444 | 3 | 1% |
| Greece | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Grenada | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1 | 20% |
| Guinea | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Guyana | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Honduras | 3 | 1 | 25% |
| Hong Kong | 473 | 12 | 2% |
| Hungary | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| Iceland | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| India | 6425 | 3004 | 32% |
| Indonesia | 462 | 48 | 9% |
| Iran | 107 | 60 | 36% |
| Iraq | 5 | 14 | 74% |
| Ireland | 30 | 1 | 3% |
| Israel | 8 | 3 | 27% |
| Italy | 265 | 4 | 1% |
| Jamaica | 6 | 1 | 14% |
| Japan | 2215 | 14 | 1% |
| Jordan | 11 | 18 | 62% |
| Kazakhstan | 50 | 8 | 14% |
| Kenya | 29 | 18 | 38% |
| Kiribati | 24 | 7 | 23% |
| Kosovo* | 1* | 0* | 0%* |
| Kuwait | 9 | 1 | 10% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 10 | 71% |
| Laos | 70 | 2 | 3% |
| Latvia | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Lebanon | 7 | 2 | 22% |
| Lesotho | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Liberia* | 1* | 0* | 0%* |
| Libya | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Macau | 45 | 0 | 0% |
| Macedonia | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Madagascar | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Malawi | 1 | 3 | 75% |
| Malaysia | 668 | 29 | 4% |
| Maldives | 14 | 2 | 13% |
| Malta | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| Mauritania* | 0* | 1* | 100%* |
| Mauritius | 26 | 6 | 19% |
| Mexico | 174 | 9 | 5% |
| Moldova | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Mongolia | 23 | 23 | 50% |
| Morocco | 5 | 3 | 38% |
| Mozambique | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Myanmar | 65 | 4 | 6% |
| Namibia | 2 | 3 | 60% |
| Nauru | 6 | 2 | 25% |
| Nepal | 344 | 368 | 52% |
| Netherlands | 128 | 1 | 1% |
| Nigeria | 36 | 56 | 61% |
| Norway | 175 | 2 | 1% |
| Oman | 78 | 3 | 4% |
| Pakistan | 120 | 64 | 35% |
| Palau | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Palestine | 5 | 15 | 75% |
| Panama | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Papua New Guinea | 121 | 11 | 8% |
| Paraguay | 15 | 0 | 0% |
| Peru | 44 | 13 | 23% |
| Philippines | 1148 | 397 | 26% |
| Poland | 22 | 3 | 12% |
| Portugal | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Romania | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Russia | 352 | 73 | 17% |
| Rwanda | 1 | 4 | 80% |
| Samoa | 77 | 2 | 3% |
| Saudi Arabia | 236 | 32 | 12% |
| Senegal* | 1* | 0* | 0%* |
| Serbia | 3 | 1 | 25% |
| Seychelles | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Sierra Leone | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Singapore | 209 | 7 | 3% |
| Slovakia | 21 | 0 | 0% |
| Slovenia | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Solomon Islands | 48 | 4 | 8% |
| Somalia | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| South Africa | 56 | 13 | 19% |
| South Korea | 1548 | 43 | 3% |
| Spain | 151 | 2 | 1% |
| Sri Lanka | 552 | 257 | 32% |
| St Lucia | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| St Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Sudan | 4 | 6 | 60% |
| Suriname | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Swaziland | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Sweden | 109 | 2 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 212 | 8 | 4% |
| Syria | 0 | 8 | 100% |
| Taiwan | 272 | 23 | 8% |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Tanzania | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Thailand | 1578 | 112 | 7% |
| Timor-Leste | 24 | 1 | 4% |
| Tonga | 130 | 2 | 2% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1 | 17% |
| Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 2 | 67% |
| Turkey | 11 | 42 | 79% |
| Tuvalu | 32 | 2 | 6% |
| Uganda | 3 | 1 | 25% |
| Ukraine | 20 | 12 | 38% |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| United States of America | 2507 | 36 | 1% |
| Uruguay | 35 | 4 | 10% |
| Uzbekistan | 7 | 14 | 67% |
| Vanuatu | 56 | 3 | 5% |
| Venezuela | 12 | 17 | 59% |
| Vietnam | 960 | 296 | 24% |
| Yemen | 3 | 19 | 86% |
| Zambia | 4 | 6 | 60% |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 13 | 38% |
* Indicates where INZ did not decide any student visa applications for an individual from this country in 2017. The application data and decline rate recorded for this country relates to the most recent calendar year in which a student visa application was completed.
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