58742 (2025). Hon Phil Twyford to the Minister of Immigration

Written Question

Published date: 19 Jan 2026

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	58742 (2025)
Question asked:	11 Dec 2025
Member asking:	Hon Phil Twyford
Portfolio:	Minister of Immigration
Minister replying:	Hon Erica Stanford
Answer received:	22 Dec 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_58742_2025
Document guid:	4cfdd7f9-8df7-4baa-9627-efbe56f82a67

58742 (2025). Hon Phil Twyford to the Minister of Immigration: Of the NZeTA applications referred for manual review, how many were subsequently approved and how many declined?

Hon Erica Stanford: I am advised that for the day of 16 December 2025, 356 NZeTA requests required manual assessment. 99 were manually approved and 70 manually declined. The remaining 187 had not had a decision made as of midnight, 16 December.