International Migration Outlook - New Zealand 2007/08
Appendix 1: People Approved for Residence in 2007/08
| Country | Skilled / Business | Family/ Sponsored | Parent / Sibling / Adult Child | International / Humanitarian | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Total | 27,303 | 9,460 | 5,177 | 4,137 | 46,077 |
| Afghanistan | 0 | 27 | 27 | 53 | 107 |
| Albania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Algeria | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Argentina | 39 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 64 |
| Armenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Australia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Austria | 49 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 67 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bangladesh | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 49 |
| Belarus | 3 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 23 |
| Belgium | 28 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 41 |
| Bhutan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 150 |
| Bolivia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Botswana | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Brazil | 113 | 104 | 2 | 3 | 222 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bulgaria | 22 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 48 |
| Burundi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cambodia | 15 | 162 | 122 | 12 | 311 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Canada | 244 | 165 | 22 | 5 | 436 |
| Chile | 67 | 48 | 5 | 3 | 123 |
| China | 3,506 | 1,294 | 1,209 | 61 | 6,070 |
| Colombia | 19 | 15 | 1 | 29 | 64 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Croatia | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 40 | 36 | 2 | 17 | 95 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 27 |
| Denmark | 17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Djibouti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Ecuador | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Egypt | 30 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 50 |
| El Salvador | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eritrea | 0 | 5 | 0 | 125 | 130 |
| Estonia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ethiopia | 0 | 22 | 8 | 85 | 115 |
| Fiji | 1,555 | 521 | 526 | 441 | 3,043 |
| Finland | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| France | 128 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 205 |
| Georgia | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Germany | 558 | 176 | 16 | 4 | 754 |
| Ghana | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Great Britain | 7,738 | 1,541 | 675 | 78 | 10,032 |
| Greece | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Guinea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guyana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 42 | 40 | 46 | 5 | 133 |
| Hungary | 39 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 54 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| India | 1,526 | 712 | 1,027 | 28 | 3,293 |
| Indonesia | 75 | 68 | 16 | 8 | 167 |
| Iran | 22 | 14 | 21 | 66 | 123 |
| Iraq | 4 | 32 | 55 | 140 | 231 |
| Ireland | 204 | 108 | 14 | 9 | 335 |
| Israel | 23 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 40 |
| Italy | 50 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 80 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan | 180 | 220 | 2 | 1 | 403 |
| Jordan | 17 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 42 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Kenya | 23 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 40 |
| Kiribati | 2 | 17 | 1 | 129 | 149 |
| Kosovo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| Laos | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Latvia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Lebanon | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 25 |
| Liberia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Libya | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Macau | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Macedonia | 17 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 37 |
| Malawi | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Malaysia | 508 | 128 | 33 | 7 | 676 |
| Maldives | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Malta | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Mauritania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Mauritius | 50 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 56 |
| Mexico | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Moldova | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Mongolia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Morocco | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Myanmar | 12 | 14 | 1 | 219 | 246 |
| Namibia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Nauru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nepal | 35 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 70 |
| Netherlands | 248 | 61 | 17 | 1 | 327 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Norway | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Not recorded | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 |
| Pakistan | 64 | 64 | 10 | 9 | 147 |
| Palestine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19 |
| Panama | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Peru | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| Philippines | 3,259 | 378 | 136 | 14 | 3,787 |
| Poland | 27 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 70 |
| Portugal | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| Romania | 120 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 159 |
| Russia | 130 | 110 | 61 | 6 | 307 |
| Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Samoa | 30 | 816 | 141 | 1,225 | 2,212 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Serbia & Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Singapore | 170 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 200 |
| Slovakia | 13 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 30 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Solomon Islands | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| Somalia | 0 | 23 | 0 | 44 | 67 |
| South Africa | 3,562 | 228 | 350 | 26 | 4,166 |
| South Korea | 549 | 202 | 89 | 10 | 850 |
| Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| Sri Lanka | 232 | 54 | 33 | 27 | 346 |
| Stateless | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sudan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 35 |
| Suriname | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden | 31 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 74 |
| Switzerland | 40 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 70 |
| Syria | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Taiwan | 64 | 73 | 21 | 3 | 161 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tanzania | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Thailand | 81 | 281 | 22 | 8 | 392 |
| Tonga | 70 | 307 | 117 | 510 | 1,004 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Turkey | 24 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 44 |
| Tuvalu | 0 | 22 | 9 | 105 | 136 |
| Uganda | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Ukraine | 29 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 81 |
| United Nations | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United States of America | 784 | 484 | 33 | 38 | 1,339 |
| Uruguay | 44 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Uzbekistan | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Vietnam | 42 | 80 | 71 | 55 | 248 |
| Yemen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Yugoslavia | 13 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 24 |
| Zambia | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| Zimbabwe | 317 | 45 | 69 | 173 | 604 |
Source: Department of Labour