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Migration Trends & Outlook 2008/09

CONTENTS

  1. List of figures
  2. List of tables
  3. Executive summary
  4. Introduction and background to this report
    1. Purpose of this report
    2. Structure of this report
    3. Role of immigration
    4. Immigration New Zealand Change Programme
    5. Temporary entry policy
    6. Permanent Residence Policy
  5. Impact of the global economic slowdown on migration
    1. Introduction
    2. Impact on migration
    3. Immigration flows and policy responses
    4. Impact on migration to New Zealand
    5. Employment and business confidence
    6. Permanent and long-term migration
    7. Looking forward
  6. Migration flows.
    1. Introduction
    2. Temporary arrivals in New Zealand
    3. Permanent and long-term migration
    4. Impact of migration on population growth
    5. Migrants who did not take up residence
    6. Residence approval categories of long-term absent migrants
  7. Temporary migration
    1. Introduction
    2. Work permits
    3. Student permits
    4. Permanent residents who have held temporary permits
    5. Temporary permit holders moving to permanent residence
  8. Permanent residence approvals
    1. Introduction
    2. Residence approvals by New Zealand Residence Programme (NZRP) stream
    3. Location of residence approvals
    4. Number of people per approved application
    5. Nationality of residence approvals
    6. Gender and age of residence approvals
  9. Skilled/Business Stream
    1. Introduction
    2. Skilled Migrant Category approvals
    3. Residence from Work Category
    4. Business Immigration Policy
  10. Family-sponsored migrants
    1. Introduction
    2. Uncapped Family Sponsored Stream approvals
    3. Parent Sibling Adult Child Stream approvals
  11. International/Humanitarian Stream
    1. Introduction
    2. Refugee Policy approvals
    3. Samoan Quota and Pacific Access Category approvals
    4. Special Samoan Quota Places Policy and Special Pacific Access Category Places Policy approvals
    5. Other International/Humanitarian approvals
  12. Conclusions
  13. Appendix A: Timeline of major immigration policy and legislative changes, july 2008–august 2009
  14. Appendix B: Methodology
  15. Appendix C: Description of temporary and permanent residence categories
  16. Appendix D: Rates of long-term absence by source country as at 30 june 2009 for migrants approved for residence between 1997/98 and 2007/08
  17. Appendix E: People issued with one or more work or student permits by source country
  18. Appendix F: Work permit criteria
  19. Appendix G: Work permit approvals by source country
  20. Appendix H: Proportion of females by age and source country for work-permit holders
  21. Appendix I: Student permit approvals by source country
  22. Appendix J: Proportion of females by age and source country for student permit holders
  23. Appendix K: People granted permanent residence in 2008/09 by source country and stream
  24. Appendix L: Percentage of females granted permanent residence by age and source country in 2008/09
  25. Appendix M: Expression of interest (EOI) pool selection
  26. Appendix N: Points claimed by Skilled Migrant Category principal applicants
  27. Appendix O: Number of people granted permanent residence through the Uncapped Family Sponsored Stream by source country
  28. Appendix P: Number of people granted permanent residence through the Partnership Policy by source country
  29. Appendix Q: Number of people granted permanent residence through the Parent Sibling Adult Child Stream by source country
  30. Appendix R: Number of people granted permanent residence through the Parent Policy by source country
  31. Appendix S: Number of people granted permanent residence through the International/Humanitarian Stream by source country
  32. Appendix T: Number of people granted permanent residence through the Refugee Quota Programme by source country
  33. References