Migration Trends and Outlook 2007/08

Contents

• Overview
• Foreward
• List of figures
• List of tables
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. Introduction and background to this report
   1. Purpose of this report
   2. Structure of this report
   3. Role of immigration
   4. Immigration Change Programme
   5. Temporary Entry Policy
   6. Permanent Residence Policy
2. Special feature: Economic Impact of Immigration – summary of findings
   1. Introduction
   2. Economic Impacts of Immigration
   3. Economic Impacts of Immigration – findings
   4. Further work
   5. Summary
3. Global outlook
   • Highlights
   1. Introduction
   2. Global migration trends
   3. Impact of global economic downturn
   4. Downturn in New Zealand labour market
   5. Migration flows
   6. Looking forward
4. Migration flows
   • Highlights
   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
5. Temporary migration
   • Highlights
   1. Introduction
   2. Work permits
   3. Student permits
   4. Transitions from temporary permits to permanent residence
6. Permanent residence approvals
   • Highlights
   1. Introduction
   2. Residence approvals by New Zealand Residence Programme 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
7. Skilled/Business Stream
   • Highlights
   1. Introduction
   2. Skilled Migrant Category approvals
   3. Business Immigration Policy
8. Uncapped Family Sponsored and Parent Sibling Adult Child Streams (family-sponsored migrants)
   • Highlights
   1. Introduction
   2. Uncapped Family Sponsored Stream approvals
   3. Parent Sibling Adult Child Stream approvals
9. International/Humanitarian Stream
   • Highlights
   1. Introduction
   2. Refugee Quota approvals
   3. Refugee status claimants
   4. Samoan Quota and Pacific Access Category approvals
10. Conclusions

• Appendix A: Timeline of Immigration Policy Changes
• Appendix B: Methodology
• Appendix C: Description of temporary and permanent residence categories
• Appendix D: People issued with one or more work or student permits in 2007/08
• Appendix E: Work permit criteria
• Appendix F: Nationality of people approved a work permit from 1998/99 to 2007/08
• Appendix G: Ratio of females to males by age and nationality for work PERMIT HOLDERs approved in 2007/08
• Appendix H: People approved a student permit by nationality in 1998/99–2007/08
• Appendix I: Ratio of females to males by age and nationality for students approved in 2007/08
• Appendix J: Residence approvals by category in 2007/08
• Appendix K: People granted permanent residence in 2007/08 by nationality and stream
• Appendix L: Ratio of females to males granted permanent residence by age and nationality in 2007/08
• Appendix M: Expression of interest pool selections in 2007/08
• References

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