Offshore student visa application decisions for 2023
Data on fee paying and scholarship student visa application decisions. It covers the year 2023 and only those people outside New Zealand when they applied.
Get data on visa applications that were decided and completed during the 2023 calendar year.
The data covers applications from people who were outside New Zealand when they applied for:
- Fee Paying Student Visa
- Pathway Student Visa
- English Language Studies Student Visa
- MFAT-funded NZ Scholarship Student Visa, and
- Exchange Student Visa.
Countries where no applications were completed in 2023 have been excluded from the data.
Offshore student visa application decisions for 2023
| Country | Volume of visa applications | Number approved | Approval rate | Number declined | Decline rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 17 | 3 | 18% | 14 | 82% |
| Albania | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% |
| Algeria | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Angola | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 100% |
| Argentina | 110 | 99 | 90% | 10 | 9% |
| Austria | 73 | 73 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% |
| Bangladesh | 178 | 81 | 46% | 91 | 51% |
| Belarus | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% |
| Belgium | 51 | 50 | 98% | 0 | 0% |
| Belize | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 0% |
| Benin | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 50% |
| Bermuda | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 50% |
| Bhutan | 9 | 8 | 89% | 1 | 11% |
| Bolivia | 11 | 10 | 91% | 1 | 9% |
| Botswana | 4 | 4 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Brazil | 843 | 782 | 93% | 57 | 7% |
| Brunei Darussalam | 10 | 10 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% |
| Burundi | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 100% |
| Cambodia | 169 | 142 | 84% | 25 | 15% |
| Cameroon | 8 | 2 | 25% | 6 | 75% |
| Canada | 302 | 294 | 97% | 4 | 1% |
| Chile | 564 | 522 | 93% | 40 | 7% |
| China | 9553 | 9009 | 94% | 417 | 4% |
| Colombia | 376 | 343 | 91% | 32 | 9% |
| Congo | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 100% |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 5 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Croatia | 4 | 4 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Cuba | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Czech Republic | 17 | 17 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 100% |
| Denmark | 103 | 102 | 99% | 1 | 1% |
| Dominica | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Dominican Republic | 6 | 6 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Ecuador | 100 | 92 | 92% | 7 | 7% |
| Egypt | 22 | 11 | 50% | 10 | 45% |
| El Salvador | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Eritrea | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 50% |
| Estonia | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Ethiopia | 6 | 3 | 50% | 3 | 50% |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Fiji | 275 | 210 | 76% | 59 | 21% |
| Finland | 23 | 23 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| France | 319 | 304 | 95% | 14 | 4% |
| Gambia | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 100% |
| Georgia | 4 | 2 | 50% | 1 | 25% |
| Germany | 1370 | 1363 | 99% | 5 | 0% |
| Ghana | 50 | 21 | 42% | 29 | 58% |
| Great Britain | 198 | 191 | 96% | 6 | 3% |
| Greece | 5 | 4 | 80% | 1 | 20% |
| Grenada | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% |
| Guatemala | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% |
| Guyana | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 50% |
| Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Honduras | 3 | 1 | 33% | 2 | 67% |
| Hong Kong | 387 | 371 | 96% | 9 | 2% |
| Hungary | 14 | 14 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Iceland | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| India | 8810 | 5074 | 58% | 3523 | 40% |
| Indonesia | 402 | 381 | 95% | 19 | 5% |
| Iran | 253 | 134 | 53% | 109 | 43% |
| Iraq | 21 | 7 | 33% | 14 | 67% |
| Ireland | 34 | 33 | 97% | 1 | 3% |
| Israel | 9 | 7 | 78% | 2 | 22% |
| Italy | 238 | 237 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Jamaica | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Japan | 2091 | 2076 | 99% | 8 | 0% |
| Jordan | 25 | 10 | 40% | 14 | 56% |
| Kazakhstan | 21 | 17 | 81% | 4 | 19% |
| Kenya | 48 | 25 | 52% | 23 | 48% |
| Kiribati | 13 | 11 | 85% | 1 | 8% |
| Kuwait | 68 | 67 | 99% | 1 | 1% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 4 | 67% | 2 | 33% |
| Laos | 54 | 48 | 89% | 6 | 11% |
| Latvia | 4 | 3 | 75% | 0 | 0% |
| Lebanon | 5 | 4 | 80% | 1 | 20% |
| Liberia | 3 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 100% |
| Libya | 7 | 2 | 29% | 5 | 71% |
| Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 4 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Macau | 15 | 14 | 93% | 1 | 7% |
| Madagascar | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Malawi | 5 | 3 | 60% | 2 | 40% |
| Malaysia | 421 | 403 | 96% | 16 | 4% |
| Maldives | 19 | 15 | 79% | 4 | 21% |
| Malta | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Mauritius | 12 | 10 | 83% | 2 | 17% |
| Mexico | 146 | 139 | 95% | 7 | 5% |
| Mongolia | 46 | 19 | 41% | 26 | 57% |
| Morocco | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 50% |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Myanmar | 214 | 138 | 64% | 72 | 34% |
| Namibia | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Nauru | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Nepal | 2129 | 552 | 26% | 1566 | 74% |
| Netherlands | 97 | 95 | 98% | 2 | 2% |
| Nigeria | 131 | 55 | 42% | 76 | 58% |
| North Korea | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Norway | 126 | 121 | 96% | 5 | 4% |
| Oman | 34 | 33 | 97% | 1 | 3% |
| Pakistan | 266 | 134 | 50% | 127 | 48% |
| Palau | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Palestine | 6 | 3 | 50% | 3 | 50% |
| Panama | 7 | 6 | 86% | 1 | 14% |
| Papua New Guinea | 98 | 82 | 84% | 15 | 15% |
| Paraguay | 7 | 6 | 86% | 1 | 14% |
| Peru | 39 | 36 | 92% | 3 | 8% |
| Philippines | 1167 | 914 | 78% | 237 | 20% |
| Poland | 14 | 14 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Portugal | 18 | 16 | 89% | 2 | 11% |
| Romania | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Russia | 318 | 189 | 59% | 124 | 39% |
| Rwanda | 9 | 3 | 33% | 6 | 67% |
| Samoa | 64 | 56 | 88% | 6 | 9% |
| Saudi Arabia | 52 | 40 | 77% | 12 | 23% |
| Senegal | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 100% |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Singapore | 251 | 241 | 96% | 7 | 3% |
| Slovakia | 10 | 10 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Solomon Islands | 39 | 38 | 97% | 0 | 0% |
| Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| South Africa | 97 | 52 | 54% | 43 | 44% |
| South Korea | 1206 | 1179 | 98% | 21 | 2% |
| South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Spain | 105 | 105 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Sri Lanka | 1237 | 983 | 79% | 231 | 19% |
| St Lucia | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| St Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Sudan | 15 | 5 | 33% | 9 | 60% |
| Swaziland | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Sweden | 73 | 70 | 96% | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 138 | 133 | 96% | 3 | 2% |
| Syria | 13 | 2 | 15% | 11 | 85% |
| Taiwan | 262 | 252 | 96% | 9 | 3% |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Tanzania | 10 | 4 | 40% | 6 | 60% |
| Thailand | 1689 | 1532 | 91% | 149 | 9% |
| Timor Leste | 18 | 18 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Tonga | 134 | 116 | 87% | 18 | 13% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 50% |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Turkey | 30 | 11 | 37% | 19 | 63% |
| Tuvalu | 19 | 18 | 95% | 1 | 5% |
| Uganda | 7 | 4 | 57% | 3 | 43% |
| Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% |
| United States of America | 1912 | 1863 | 97% | 31 | 2% |
| Uruguay | 19 | 17 | 89% | 2 | 11% |
| Uzbekistan | 7 | 0 | 0% | 7 | 100% |
| Vanuatu | 20 | 16 | 80% | 4 | 20% |
| Venezuela | 12 | 8 | 67% | 4 | 33% |
| Vietnam | 670 | 529 | 79% | 133 | 20% |
| Yemen | 5 | 2 | 40% | 3 | 60% |
| Zambia | 5 | 2 | 40% | 3 | 60% |
| Zimbabwe | 65 | 24 | 37% | 41 | 63% |
| Total | 40922 | 32706 | 80% | 7689 | 19% |