Offshore student visa application decision data
Student visa application outcomes for applicants who apply from outside New Zealand, broken down by applicant nationality.
The following table shows the outcome of fee paying and scholarship student visa applications from people who were outside New Zealand when they applied. The types of student visa applications included in this data are:
- Fee Paying Student Visa
- Pathway Student Visa
- English Language Studies Student Visa
- MFAT-funded NZ Scholarship Student Visa, and
- Exchange Student Visa.
This only includes visa applications that were decided and completed during the 2022 calendar year.
Offshore student visa application decisions for 2022
| Applicant nationality | Number approved | Number declined | Decline rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 3 | 7 | 70% |
| Albania | 2 | 1 | 33% |
| Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Argentina | 48 | 3 | 6% |
| Austria | 42 | 0 | 0% |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Bahamas | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Bangladesh | 45 | 8 | 15% |
| Barbados | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Belarus | 3 | 1 | 25% |
| Belgium | 19 | 1 | 5% |
| Benin | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| Bhutan | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Bolivia | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Botswana | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Brazil | 358 | 22 | 6% |
| Brunei Darussalam | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Cambodia | 78 | 2 | 3% |
| Cameroon | 2 | 3 | 60% |
| Canada | 263 | 5 | 2% |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Chile | 217 | 9 | 4% |
| China | 5,161 | 210 | 4% |
| Colombia | 199 | 25 | 11% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Czech Republic | 10 | 1 | 9% |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Denmark | 32 | 0 | 0% |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Ecuador | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Egypt | 17 | 2 | 11% |
| El Salvador | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1 | 20% |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Fiji | 114 | 11 | 9% |
| Finland | 11 | 1 | 8% |
| France | 133 | 0 | 0% |
| Georgia | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Germany | 679 | 5 | 1% |
| Ghana | 16 | 5 | 24% |
| Great Britain | 89 | 2 | 2% |
| Greece | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Guatemala | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Guinea | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Guyana | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Honduras | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Hong Kong | 247 | 5 | 2% |
| Hungary | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Iceland | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| India | 1812 | 700 | 28% |
| Indonesia | 325 | 9 | 3% |
| Iran | 131 | 47 | 26% |
| Iraq | 7 | 2 | 22% |
| Ireland | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Israel | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Italy | 50 | 2 | 4% |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 25% |
| Japan | 780 | 10 | 1% |
| Jordan | 15 | 3 | 17% |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 7 | 39% |
| Kenya | 15 | 4 | 21% |
| Kiribati | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| Kuwait | 73 | 0 | 0% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Laos | 37 | 0 | 0% |
| Latvia | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1 | 13% |
| Liberia | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Libya | 2 | 1 | 33% |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Macau | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Macedonia | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Malawi | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Malaysia | 579 | 10 | 2% |
| Maldives | 4 | 2 | 33% |
| Malta | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1 | 17% |
| Mexico | 43 | 3 | 7% |
| Moldova | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Mongolia | 6 | 1 | 14% |
| Morocco | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| Mozambique | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Myanmar | 42 | 15 | 26% |
| Namibia | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| Nauru | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Nepal | 125 | 79 | 39% |
| Netherlands | 34 | 0 | 0% |
| Nigeria | 41 | 26 | 39% |
| Norway | 31 | 0 | 0% |
| Oman | 30 | 1 | 3% |
| Pakistan | 73 | 18 | 20% |
| Palestine | 1 | 2 | 67% |
| Panama | 22 | 0 | 0% |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 6 | 15% |
| Paraguay | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Peru | 31 | 3 | 9% |
| Philippines | 568 | 36 | 6% |
| Poland | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Portugal | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Romania | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Russia | 79 | 29 | 27% |
| Rwanda | 3 | 2 | 40% |
| Samoa | 47 | 0 | 0% |
| Saudi Arabia | 27 | 5 | 16% |
| Seychelles | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Sierra Leone | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Singapore | 129 | 6 | 4% |
| Slovakia | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Solomon Islands | 16 | 0 | 0% |
| South Africa | 43 | 9 | 17% |
| South Korea | 621 | 14 | 2% |
| South Sudan | 0 | 3 | 100% |
| Spain | 58 | 0 | 0% |
| Sri Lanka | 256 | 189 | 42% |
| St Kitts - Nevis | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Suriname | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Sweden | 44 | 0 | 0% |
| Switzerland | 64 | 0 | 0% |
| Syria | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| Taiwan | 155 | 4 | 3% |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1 | 25% |
| Thailand | 842 | 37 | 4% |
| Timor Leste | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| Tonga | 52 | 3 | 5% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Turkey | 7 | 4 | 36% |
| Tuvalu | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Uganda | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 17% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| United States of America | 707 | 19 | 3% |
| Uruguay | 5 | 2 | 29% |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1 | 33% |
| Vietnam | 351 | 73 | 17% |
| Yemen | 3 | 5 | 63% |
| Zambia | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 6 | 26% |
Nationalities where no applications were completed in 2022 have been excluded from the report.