Appendix A: Immigration Approval Category Groupings Used in this Report

Skilled Principal

Principal applicants granted residence through skilled migration policies (Skilled Migrant Category, General Skills Category (now closed), and the Residence from Work categories).

Skilled Secondary

Secondary applicants granted residence through skilled migration policies (Skilled Migrant Category, General Skills Category (now closed), and the Residence from Work categories).

Business category

Principal and secondary applicants granted residence through the business policies (Investor, Entrepreneur, and Employees of Relocating Businesses).

Family Partner

Principal and secondary applicants granted residence through the Family Partner policy. This policy enables the partner (including spouse, de facto, or same-sex partner) of a New Zealand citizen or resident to apply for residence. Applicants must show that they have been living in a partnership for 12 months or more.

Family Parent

Principal and secondary applicants granted residence through the Family Parent policy. This policy enables the parent(s) of a New Zealand citizen or resident to apply for residence if they have no dependant children and all of their adult children lawfully and permanently live outside of the parent's home country, or the centre of gravity of their family is in New Zealand.

Pacific category

Principal and secondary applicants granted residence through the Pacific Access Category and the Samoan Quota. These policies fall under the International/Humanitarian Stream of the New Zealand Residence Programme.

Other

Principal and secondary applicants granted residence through categories not included above. It consists mainly of family categories (other than Family Parent or Family Partner), including Family Sibling and Family Adult Child (77 percent combined), along with a small number of migrants approved through various International/Humanitarian Stream categories (excluding refugees).