Overseas student visa application decisions for 2025
Data on fee paying and scholarship student visa application decisions. It covers the year 2025 and only those people outside New Zealand when they applied.
Get data on visa applications that were decided and completed during the 2025 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
- Foreign Government Supported Student visa, and
- Exchange Student Visa.
Countries where no applications were completed in 2025 have been excluded from the data.
Overseas student visa application decisions for 2025
Note International Student Visa types include: 'English language studies', 'Scholarship holder', 'Full fee paying', 'Exchange', 'Pathway', 'Foreign government supported' and 'NZ government scholarship'
| Country name | Volume of visa applications | Number approved | Approval rate | Number declined | Decline rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 16 | 1 | 6% | 15 | 94% |
| Algeria | 6 | 3 | 50% | 3 | 50% |
| Angola | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Argentina | 88 | 70 | 80% | 18 | 20% |
| Armenia | 4 | 2 | 50% | 2 | 50% |
| Australia | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Austria | 85 | 84 | 99% | 0 | 0% |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Bangladesh | 1102 | 678 | 62% | 414 | 38% |
| Barbados | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Belarus | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% |
| Belgium | 58 | 58 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Benin | 3 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 100% |
| Bhutan | 120 | 53 | 44% | 64 | 53% |
| Bolivia | 12 | 10 | 83% | 2 | 17% |
| Brazil | 666 | 569 | 85% | 93 | 14% |
| Brunei Darussalam | 6 | 6 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 4 | 80% | 1 | 20% |
| Burundi | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 100% |
| Cambodia | 199 | 188 | 94% | 5 | 3% |
| Cameroon | 8 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 100% |
| Canada | 274 | 270 | 99% | 3 | 1% |
| Chad | 3 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 100% |
| Chile | 280 | 232 | 83% | 48 | 17% |
| China | 9959 | 9704 | 97% | 139 | 1% |
| Colombia | 464 | 294 | 63% | 167 | 36% |
| Congo | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 5 | 83% | 1 | 17% |
| Croatia | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Czech Republic | 43 | 42 | 98% | 0 | 0% |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 7 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 86% |
| Denmark | 90 | 90 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Dominica | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Ecuador | 58 | 31 | 53% | 27 | 47% |
| Egypt | 40 | 15 | 38% | 23 | 58% |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Estonia | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Ethiopia | 12 | 9 | 75% | 3 | 25% |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Fiji | 191 | 147 | 77% | 40 | 21% |
| Finland | 28 | 28 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| France | 273 | 270 | 99% | 2 | 1% |
| Gambia | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Georgia | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Germany | 1965 | 1956 | 100% | 5 | 0% |
| Ghana | 29 | 11 | 38% | 18 | 62% |
| Great Britain | 217 | 213 | 98% | 3 | 1% |
| Greece | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Grenada | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Guatemala | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% |
| Guinea | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Guyana | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Haiti | 4 | 1 | 25% | 3 | 75% |
| Honduras | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Hong Kong | 365 | 360 | 99% | 2 | 1% |
| Hungary | 20 | 20 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Iceland | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| India | 7235 | 4276 | 59% | 2838 | 39% |
| Indonesia | 533 | 520 | 98% | 10 | 2% |
| Iran | 167 | 92 | 55% | 74 | 44% |
| Iraq | 7 | 4 | 57% | 3 | 43% |
| Ireland | 32 | 32 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Israel | 13 | 10 | 77% | 3 | 23% |
| Italy | 303 | 299 | 99% | 2 | 1% |
| Jamaica | 6 | 4 | 67% | 0 | 0% |
| Japan | 2342 | 2330 | 99% | 2 | 0% |
| Jordan | 17 | 9 | 53% | 8 | 47% |
| Kazakhstan | 22 | 21 | 95% | 0 | 0% |
| Kenya | 123 | 55 | 45% | 68 | 55% |
| Kiribati | 29 | 29 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Kuwait | 136 | 135 | 99% | 1 | 1% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Laos | 215 | 210 | 98% | 5 | 2% |
| Latvia | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% |
| Lebanon | 5 | 2 | 40% | 3 | 60% |
| Liberia | 4 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 75% |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Lithuania | 4 | 4 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 5 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Macau | 16 | 15 | 94% | 0 | 0% |
| Macedonia | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Malawi | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Malaysia | 513 | 507 | 99% | 2 | 0% |
| Maldives | 12 | 11 | 92% | 1 | 8% |
| Mali | 4 | 3 | 75% | 1 | 25% |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 0% |
| Mauritius | 11 | 10 | 91% | 1 | 9% |
| Mexico | 140 | 129 | 92% | 10 | 7% |
| Moldova | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% |
| Mongolia | 62 | 57 | 92% | 5 | 8% |
| Morocco | 4 | 3 | 75% | 1 | 25% |
| Myanmar | 468 | 226 | 48% | 239 | 51% |
| Namibia | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% |
| Nauru | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Nepal | 1957 | 1024 | 52% | 918 | 47% |
| Netherlands | 79 | 79 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Nigeria | 193 | 80 | 41% | 111 | 58% |
| Norway | 153 | 150 | 98% | 1 | 1% |
| Oman | 27 | 26 | 96% | 1 | 4% |
| Pakistan | 410 | 185 | 45% | 216 | 53% |
| Palau | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Palestine | 3 | 1 | 33% | 2 | 67% |
| Panama | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Papua New Guinea | 71 | 61 | 86% | 9 | 13% |
| Paraguay | 7 | 6 | 86% | 1 | 14% |
| Peru | 67 | 37 | 55% | 30 | 45% |
| Philippines | 1239 | 1151 | 93% | 67 | 5% |
| Poland | 17 | 17 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Portugal | 11 | 11 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Romania | 12 | 10 | 83% | 2 | 17% |
| Russia | 113 | 85 | 75% | 25 | 22% |
| Rwanda | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Samoa | 38 | 37 | 97% | 1 | 3% |
| Saudi Arabia | 34 | 31 | 91% | 3 | 9% |
| Serbia | 4 | 3 | 75% | 1 | 25% |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% |
| Singapore | 230 | 222 | 97% | 7 | 3% |
| Slovakia | 6 | 6 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Solomon Islands | 33 | 32 | 97% | 1 | 3% |
| South Africa | 61 | 43 | 70% | 17 | 28% |
| South Korea | 1190 | 1179 | 99% | 6 | 0% |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Spain | 83 | 82 | 99% | 1 | 1% |
| Sri Lanka | 1867 | 1491 | 80% | 344 | 18% |
| St Kitts - Nevis | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 50% |
| St Lucia | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Sudan | 6 | 2 | 33% | 4 | 67% |
| Suriname | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Sweden | 55 | 52 | 95% | 2 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 155 | 150 | 97% | 3 | 2% |
| Syria | 10 | 3 | 30% | 7 | 70% |
| Taiwan | 365 | 358 | 98% | 1 | 0% |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1 | 20% | 4 | 80% |
| Thailand | 1009 | 979 | 97% | 24 | 2% |
| Timor Leste | 34 | 34 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Tonga | 78 | 64 | 82% | 14 | 18% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 33% | 1 | 33% |
| Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 33% | 2 | 67% |
| Turkey | 34 | 15 | 44% | 19 | 56% |
| Tuvalu | 19 | 19 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Uganda | 6 | 2 | 33% | 4 | 67% |
| Ukraine | 11 | 9 | 82% | 1 | 9% |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 8 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| United States of America | 2063 | 2012 | 98% | 28 | 1% |
| Uruguay | 11 | 9 | 82% | 2 | 18% |
| Uzbekistan | 5 | 1 | 20% | 4 | 80% |
| Vanuatu | 24 | 19 | 79% | 5 | 21% |
| Venezuela | 13 | 9 | 69% | 4 | 31% |
| Vietnam | 842 | 711 | 84% | 126 | 15% |
| Yemen | 7 | 0 | 0% | 7 | 100% |
| Zambia | 4 | 2 | 50% | 1 | 25% |
| Zimbabwe | 72 | 26 | 36% | 45 | 63% |
| Total | 41951 | 35013 | 83% | 6487 | 15% |