19 June 2025
Mr John
[FYI request #31000 email]
DOIA-REQ-0014468
Tēnā koe Mr John
Thank you for your email of 17 May 2025 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
(MBIE) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:
I would like to request the total number of New Zealand Citizen Endorsement issued annually,
by the passports held, from 2010 to 2024,
On 16 June 2025, we advised that MBIE had assessed and decided to grant your request and would
provide you the requested information as soon as it is ready and without undue delay.
Our Response
Table 1: The number of New Zealand Citizen Endorsements issued annually.
Year
Number of Citizen
Endorsements issue
2010
76
2011
1,805
2012
2,222
2013
2,310
2014
2,566
2015
2,703
2016
2,614
2017
2,789
2018
2,556
2019
3,327
2020
1,534
2021
756
2022
2,268
2023
3,086
2024
2,624
Total
33,236
Table 2: The number of New Zealand Citizen Endorsements issued by passport between 2010-2024.
Nationality
Number of Citizen
Endorsements issue
Great Britain
9,896
Malaysia
3,039
China
2,591
Japan
2,361
United States of America
2,253
South Korea
1,732
Samoa
1,637
Netherlands
1,120
Ireland
888
Thailand
884
Canada
803
Fiji
565
Russia
559
Indonesia
452
Tonga
380
India
361
Germany
318
Australia
311
Taiwan
300
Singapore
244
South Africa
236
France
224
Italy
208
Switzerland
175
Vietnam
153
Iran
140
Philippines
134
Ukraine
93
Hong Kong
86
Denmark
75
Brazil
60
Austria
57
Myanmar
54
Zimbabwe
51
Sweden
50
Belgium
44
Sri Lanka
41
Spain
37
Bahrain
30
Uzbekistan
29
Saudi Arabia
26
Israel
25
Bangladesh
24
Chile
23
Finland
23
Poland
21
Czech Republic
20
Pakistan
19
Nepal
19
Nigeria
17
Brunei Darussalam
16
Turkey
16
Portugal
15
Mongolia
14
Greece
14
Hungary
14
Tuvalu
13
Argentina
13
Azerbaijan
13
Zambia
11
Latvia
10
Egypt
9
Norway
9
Colombia
8
Kiribati
8
Cambodia
8
Ghana
8
Kenya
8
Papua New Guinea
7
Mexico
7
Solomon Islands
7
Vanuatu
6
Uruguay
6
Iceland
6
Romania
6
Croatia
6
Serbia
6
Malawi
6
Uganda
5
Slovakia
5
Swaziland
5
Kuwait
4
Laos
4
Kazakhstan
3
Cyprus
3
Belarus
3
Nicaragua
3
Jordan
3
Mauritius
3
Bulgaria
2
American Samoa
2
Slovenia
2
Grenada
2
Jamaica
2
Kyrgyzstan
2
Moldova
2
Iraq
2
Lithuania
2
Afghanistan
2
Bermuda
1
Oman
1
Niger
1
Tanzania
1
Algeria
1
Seychelles
1
United Nations
1
Timor Leste
1
Macau
1
Democratic Republic of Congo
1
Sudan
1
Eritrea
1
Morocco
1
Paraguay
1
Syria
1
Peru
1
Malta
1
Total
33,236
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.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, please contact
[email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Jeannie Melville
Deputy Chief Operating Officer Immigration
Immigration New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
