18 June 2025
Immigration Trust
[FYI request #31035 email]
DOIA-REQ-0014550
Tēnā koe
Thank you for your email of 20 May 2025 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
(MBIE) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the fol owing:
I hereby request the fol owing information regarding offshore visitor visa applications processed
by Immigration New Zealand:
-The total number of offshore visitor visa applications received and decided each year over the
past five years
-The top five nationalities by application volume for offshore visitor visas
-The top three most common reasons for visa declines
MBIE has assessed and decided to grant your request and wil provide you the requested information.
However, it wil take us some time to process. We wil send you the information as soon as it is ready and
without undue delay.
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
Emma Palmer
Acting Manager, Ministerial Services
Office of the Deputy Secretary Immigration
Immigration New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment