Reply 27403 (2019) has been answered to Dr Shane Reti

Portfolio: Immigration (Minister - Iain Lees-Galloway)

Question: How many international students have withdrawn their student visa applications
before a decision was made, if any, for the periods January 1 - June 31 2018, July 1 - December
31 2018, and January 1 - July 1 2019, listed by sector offering a place viz: institutes of technology
and polytechnics (ITPs), universities, private training establishments (PTEs), schools, other?

PQ 27403 (2019) – Attachment

Number of student visa applications withdrawn

Education Provider
Period
ITP PTE School University Other
1 Jan – 30 Jun 2018 83 141 36 90 22
1 Jul – 31 Dec 2018 108 132 21 108 15
1 Jan – 1 Jul 2019 202 192 35 151 20

Decision Volumes
Table 3: Decided student visa applications from applicants who are offshore when they
submit their application.
Decided 2019 (to 1
Decided 2017 Decided 2018
July 2019)
Total Approval Total Approval Total Approval
Provider Type
Decided Rate Decided Rate Decided Rate
Schools 7,346 96.2% 7,317 96.4% 4,154 97.0%
Institutes of Technology 8,449 76.7% 8,136 80.1% 4,857
74.2%
and Polytechnics
Private Training 15,522 76.6% 14,103 81.1% 6,790
78.1%
Establishments
Universities 13,085 95.1% 13,735 94.7% 9,354 95.0%
(not recorded) 323 60.4% 302 71.5% 162 76.5%
Total 44,725 85.1% 43,593 87.7% 25,317 86.7%

Reply 14290 (2019) has been answered

Portfolio: Education (Minister - Chris Hipkins)
Question: Have any assessments been made or given around the potential financial impact of
international visa processing for potential ITP students in the 2019 year and if so, when, by
whom and what financial figures have been mentioned ?
Reply: I have not received any assessments of the potential financial impact of international visa
processing for potential ITP students in the 2019 year. I have received briefings from both
Education New Zealand and Immigration New Zealand on issues related to visa processing. One
of these included as an appendix a letter dated 12 March 2019 from Mr Tony Gray, Chief
Executive of Ara Institute of Technology, to Immigration New Zealand which claimed that the
potential loss of revenue to ITPs for visa applications submitted to Immigration New Zealand’s
offshore branches for the period from October 2018 to 31 January 2019 is $33.36 million.
 Number of student visa applications on hand
(Snapshots as at 18 February 2019 and 1 July 2019)

Snapshot Education Provider

Date ITP PTE School University Other
18 Feb 2019 2,684 2,269 836 1,696 37
1 Jul 2019 2,968 2,839 526 1,528 92

Reply 24394 (2019) has been answered

Portfolio: Education (Minister - Chris Hipkins)
Question: What modelling, if any, has been done to assess the impact of visa processing
changes, if any, on the ITP sector, listed by document and summary?
Reply: No modelling has been done to assess the impact of visa processing changes on the ITP
sector.

PQ 25787 (2019) – Attachment

Number of student visa applications unallocated and on hand (ITP sector only)
(Snapshot as at 1 July 2019)

Application Status
Processing Office Average Duration 14 Days or more Average Duration
Unallocated
(calendar days) On Hand (calendar days)
Beijing 24 1 11 24.3
Mumbai 1,859 43.6 2,098 66.8
Palmerston
183 34.8
North 250 10.5

PQ 25785 (2019) – Attachment

Number of student visa applications unallocated and on hand (ITP sector only)
(Snapshot as at 18 February 2019)

Application Status
Processing Office Average Duration 14 Days or more Average Duration
Unallocated
(calendar days) On Hand (calendar days)
Beijing 82 8.3 43 23.7
Mumbai 1,916 32.6 1,810 42.6
Palmerston
129 6.5 104 32.5
North