New Zealand Residence Programme Fortnightly Selection Statistics 03 April 2013

1. Selection 03 April 2013 Skilled Migrant Category The most recent selection of Expressions of Interest (EOIs) under the Skilled Migrant Category took place on 03 April 2013. 380 EOIs were selected that had a points total of 140 or more; 119 EOIs were selected that had a points total of 100 or more but less than 140, and included points for offers of skilled employment or current skilled employment in New Zealand. 91 EOIs were selected that had a points total of 135 or more but less than 140, and included 15 bonus points for work experience in an area of absolute skill shortage.

As a result, 590 EOIs representing 1,360 people were selected and will now undergo preliminary verification to determine if an invitation to apply for residency will be issued. 2. The make-up of selection Based on the information provided by people who had their EOIs selected, the make-up of the 03 April 2013 selection is as follows: Number of selected EOIs Number of EOIs with 140 points or above With job offer Without job offer Number of EOIs with points total of 100 to 140 with job offer Number of selected EOIs with 15 bonus points for work experience in an area of absolute skill shortage Total EOIs with job offers Total EOIs without job offers Total EOIs Onshore Offshore Total

273 0 105

30 77 14

303 77 119

2 378 2 380

89 44 166 210

91 422 168 590

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New Zealand Residence Programme Fortnightly Residence Statistics 03 April 2013

3. Nationality composition Expressions of Interest Selected By nationality 03 April 2013

4. Statistics since December 2003 Since the Skilled Migrant Category opened in December 2003, a total of 154,802 EOIs, representing 347,871 people, have been selected.

New Zealand Residence Programme Fortnightly Residence Statistics 03 April 2013

5. Pool draws for the calendar year to date.

Selection Date No of EOIs with 140 points or more 562 420 475 454 484 499 380 No of EOIs with job or job offer 0 205 91 105 132 99 119 No of EOIs with additional selection criteria 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 No of EOIs No of people EOI in pool after selection 1,337 1,259 1,266 1,270 1,256 1,260 1,179

9 January 2013 23 January 2013 6 February 2013 20 February 2013 6 March 2013 20 March 2013 03 April 2013

562 625 566 559 616 598 590

1,224 1,230 1,110 1,148 1,304 1,117 1,360

RESULTS FOR 2012/13 YEAR 6. Residence applications accepted and approved. Please note the table below outlines how many residence applications have been accepted or decided for the financial year to date.
Stream Business / Skilled International Humanitarian Parent, Sibling Adult child Uncapped family sponsored Total Applications On-hand Residence Approvals Residence Declines Applications People Applications People Applications People 6,652 14,724 6,672 13,751 1,494 3,318 759 5,744 3,521 16,676 2,030 10,927 4,095 31,776 1,007 1,405 7,027 16,111 2,228 2,584 7,909 26,472 91 276 371 2,232 256 518 442 4,534

Report prepared 03/04/2013 1. On-hand applications (from tendered) as at 02/04/2013 2. Decisions and declines from 1/07/2012 to 02/04/2013 Please note: One application can represent several people such as the principal applicant and family.