Parent Resident Visa overview and application numbers

The visa is a 2-stage process. People first submit an Expression of Interest (EOI). If the EOI is selected and it meets the requirements, Immigration New Zealand (INZ) will issue an Invitation To Apply (ITA). Only people who have received an ITA are able to make a residence application and this application must be made within 4 months of the ITA being issued.

INZ can approve a maximum of 2000 visas per year to people who submitted EOIs before the restart of selections was announced on 10 October 2022. These EOIs are in a queue and selected in date order, with the oldest selected first.

A maximum of 500 visas a year can be granted to people who submitted EOIs on or after 10 October 2022. These EOIs are placed in a ballot and are selected randomly. EOIs in the ballot expire 2 years after they are submitted.

Once all the EOIs in the queue submitted before 10 October 2022 have been selected, the full amount of 2,500 visas will be available to people with EOIs in the ballot.

Parent Resident Visa Data

The data in these tables is valid at 1 February 2024.

Table 1: Number of Parent Resident Visa EOIs in ballot by submission month

Submission month	EOIs	Number of people
October 2022	238	385
November 2022	259	399
December 2022	121	185
January 2023	163	236
February 2023	146	217
March 2023	173	257
April 2023	169	263
May 2023	404	607
June 2023	1,158	1,771
July 2023	2,619	4,021
August 2023	1,265	1,940
September 2023	331	501
October 2023	530	792
November 2023	249	372
December 2023	190	272
January 2024	542	815
February 2024	7	11
Total	8,564	13,044

Table 2: Number of EOIs and applicants selected from the queue by selection month

Selection month	Number selected	Number of people
November 2022	370	600
February 2023	1,100	1,777
May 2023	670	1,094
August 2023	1,100	1,771
October 2023	1,499	2,260
November 2023	811	1,194

Table 3: Decisions on parent queue EOIs selected

Selection month	Invitation to apply issued	Declined	Withdrawn
November 2022	182	129	59
February 2023	752	188	160
May 2023	489	92	89
August 2023	781	139	175
October 2023	1,316	75	80

Table 4: Number of EOIs and applicants selected from ballot by selection month

Selection month	Number selected	Number of people
August 2023	200	306
September 2023	100	154
November 2023	200	308

Table 5: Decisions on parent ballot EOIs selected

Selection month	Invitation to apply issued	Declined	Withdrawn
August 2023	195	4	1
September 2023	99	1	0
November 2023	191	8	0

Table 6: Parent Resident Visa applications submitted by submission month

Submission month	Submitted applications
January 2023	20
February 2023	43
March 2023	128
April 2023	170
May 2023	229
June 2023	257
July 2023	178
August 2023	147
September 2023	231
October 2023	227
November 2023	406
December 2023	571
January 2024	455

Note: This data only includes Family Parent Visa Applications (grounds code: ABBIBO).

Table 7: Parent Resident Visa application decision by month decided

Decided month	Approved	Declined	Withdrawn	Total
January 2023	1	0	0	1
March 2023	7	1	0	8
April 2023	10	0	1	11
May 2023	10	0	0	10
June 2023	43	2	1	46
July 2023	47	0	1	48
August 2023	41	1	2	44
September 2023	38	0	1	39
October 2023	31	1	3	35
November 2023	186	3	2	191
December 2023	230	6	2	238
January 2024	164	3	2	169
February 2024	7	0	0	7

Note: This data only includes Family Parent Visa Applications (grounds code: ABBIBO).

Table 8: In progress Parent Resident Visa applications allocated vs unallocated by submission month

Submission date	Queue	Allocated	Total
February 2023	2	2	4
March 2023	0	14	14
April 2023	0	30	30
May 2023	0	24	24
June 2023	2	59	61
July 2023	2	64	66
August 2023	5	57	62
September 2023	2	125	127
October 2023	6	172	178
November 2023	89	284	373
December 2023	477	72	549
January 2024	323	122	445

Note: This data only includes Family Parent Visa Applications (grounds code: ABBIBO).