Mud Flood - NZ

[Ryan-NZ]

"Covid-19 Omicron: Immigration NZ unsure of how many migrants could be approved under 2021 one-off residency - NZ Herald"

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-omicron-immigration-nz-unsure-of-how-many-migrants-could-be-approved-under-2021-one-off-residency/PZX7SALHELYNG2TKJBQPPRFXFU/

Excerpt: Immigration NZ has admitted it has no idea how many of the special Covid-19 "one-off" residency visas could be granted, with the latest figures showing 60,000 more people than initially estimated could be approved.

Yet just over halfway into the application process being open, 86,000 applications covering close to 170,000 people have come in - already more than estimated. Applications opened in December and finish at the end of July.

So far nearly 30,000 people have been approved as residents under the scheme. Immigration NZ says it expects most applications to be processed within 12 months.