27 June 2024
Nessy-Rose
[FYI request #26713 email]
DOIA 2324-2431
Tēnā koe Nessy-Rose
Thank you for your email of 10 May 2024 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment requesting,
under the Official Information Act 1982, the following information:
Please provide the fol owing:
Table 1: Number of Parent Resident Visa Expressions of Interest (EOIs) in queue by submission
month.
Table 2: Number of Parent Resident Visa EOIs in ballot by submission month.
Table 3: Number of EOIs and applicants selected from the queue by selection month.
Table 4: Decisions on Parent Queue EOIs selected.
Table 5: Number of EOIs and applicants selected from the ballot by selection month.
Table 6: Decisions on Parent Ballot EOIs selected.
Table 7: Parent Resident Visa applications submitted by submission month.
Table 8: Parent Resident Visa application decisions by month decided.
Table 9: In-progress Parent Resident Visa applications, allocated vs unallocated by submission
month.
On 10 June 2024, we advised that MBIE had assessed and decided to grant your request, and would provide
you the requested information. However, it would take us some time to process and we would send you the
information as soon as it is ready and without undue delay.
Our Response
Please refer to the attached appendix for the information you have requested.
Information about the parent resident visa is available on the Immigration New Zealand website.
https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/media-centre/common-topics/parent-resident-visa. The updated
information you have requested wil soon be published on this page.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about
how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
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If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, please contac
t [email address]
Nāku noa, nā
Jock Gilray
Director Visa
Immigration New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
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Appendix
Table 1: Number of Parent Resident Visa Expressions of Interest (EOIs) in queue by submission month.
As at 17 June2024, there is one parent resident visa EOI in the queue. This EOI was previously withdrawn
from the queue and was resubmitted in June 2024.
Table 2: The number of Parent Resident Visa EOIs in the bal ot by submission month, as at 17 June 2024.
EOI submission month
Number of EOIs
Number of people
October 2022
228
368
November 2022
243
374
December 2022
113
170
January 2023
156
226
February 2023
139
207
March 2023
159
237
April 2023
159
249
May 2023
381
576
June 2023
1,092
1,667
July 2023
2,485
3,828
August 2023
1,208
1,848
September 2023
314
475
October 2023
503
755
November 2023
238
356
December 2023
179
256
January 2024
527
788
February 2024
261
396
March 2024
291
437
April 2024
524
781
May 2024
268
397
Total
9,616
14,614
Table 3: The number of EOIs and applicants selected from the queue by selection month, as at 17 June 2024.
Selection month
Number of EOIs selected
Number of people
November 2022
370
600
February 2023
1100
1,777
May 2023
670
1,094
August 2023
1,100
1,771
October 2023
1,499
2,260
November 2023
811
1,194
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Table 4: The number of decisions on Parent Queue EOIs selected, as at 17 June 2024.
Selection month Invitation to apply Declined
Withdrawn
(ITA) issued
November 2022
182
129
59
February 2023
752
188
160
May 2023
489
92
89
August 2023*
781
141
177
October 2023*
1,327
89
81
November 2023*
747
37
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* Please note a smal number of EOIs from these draws have not yet been finalised.
Table 5: The number of EOIs and applicants selected from the bal ot by selection month, as at 17 June 2024.
Selection month
Number of EOIs selected
Number of people
August 2023
200
306
September 2023
100
154
November 2023
200
308
February 2024
301
450
May 2024
100
147
Table 6: The number of decisions on Parent Bal ot EOIs selected, as at 17 June2024.
Selection month ITAs issued
Declined
Withdrawn
August 2023
195
4
1
September 2023
99
1
0
November 2023
191
9
0
February 2024
286
14
1
May 2024
98
1
1
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Table 7: The number of Parent Resident Visa applications submitted, by submission month, as at 17 June
2024.
Submitted month
Number of applications submitted
December 2022
1
January 2023
11
February 2023
32
May 2023
95
April 2023
148
May 2023
209
June 2023
239
July 2023
152
August 2023
138
September 2023
215
October 2023
216
November 2023
386
December 2023
552
January 2024
468
February 2024
640
March 2024
310
April 2024
100
May 2024
89
June 2024
45
Please note this table only reflects applications that were accepted for processing.
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Table 8: The number of Parent Resident Visa application decisions by month, as at 17 June 2024.
Month
Approved*
Declined
Withdrawn
Completed**
January 2023
1
0
0
1
March 2023
7
1
0
2
April 2023
10
0
1
5
May 2023
10
0
1
10
June 2023
43
2
1
19
July 2023
48
0
1
24
August 2023
41
1
2
40
September 2023
38
0
1
34
October 2023
30
1
3
38
November 2023
189
5
2
46
December 2023
245
6
2
110
January 2024
181
2
1
160
February 2024
159
2
6
195
March 2024
195
8
4
177
April 2024
450
7
9
202
May 2024
93
5
9
363
June 2024
16
10
9
109
* Approved refers to applications approved in principle. After an application is approved in principle,
applicants have six months to provide evidence of meeting the English Language requirements and passport
documentation. Once this information is received and the requirements are met, the application is
completed, and visas wil be issued.
**Completed only includes completed and approved applications
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Table 9: The number of in-progress Parent Resident Visa applications, allocated vs unallocated by submission
month, as at 17 June 2024.
Submission date
Queue
Allocated
Total
February 2023
0
2
2
March 2023
0
4
4
April 2023
0
11
11
May 2023
0
6
6
June 2023
0
31
31
July 2023
0
29
29
August 2023
0
27
27
September 2023
0
51
51
October 2023
0
64
64
November 2023
0
138
138
December 2023
0
258
258
January 2024
0
324
324
February 2024
0
565
565
March 2024
176
129
305
April 2024
52
47
99
May 2024
83
6
89
June 2024
45
0
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Please note that applications in queue refer to those that have been accepted for processing and have not
yet been assigned to an immigration officer for an initial assessment of the application.
Allocated applications refer to applications that have been accepted for processing, have been assigned to
an immigration officer for an initial assessment, or have had an initial assessment done by an immigration
officer, but are pending as further information is required before the application can be finalised.
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