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NZ population and student visa IE Intercâmbio and MetaApply
data signals recovery sign strategic partnership
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he number of student visa holders in New Zealand is almost razilian agency chain IE Intercâmbio
back to pre-Covid levels, according to the latest data www.ie.com.br has signed a strategic
Tset released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Bpartnership with Dubai-headquartered
Employment (MBIE). higher education recruitment platform
There were 66,147 student visa holders in New Zealand as of MetaApply https://metaapply.io.
31st January 2025, a 23.1 per cent increase compared with the IE International Education/MetaApply will
31st of January last year and just three per cent below the total of “be a one-stop-shop for all services across
January 2019. both brands, combining cutting-edge use of AI
Meanwhile, statistics published by Immigration New Zealand to streamline processes, along with physical
(INZ) show that 36,892 student visa applications from outside presence to deliver world-leading results”, the
of New Zealand were approved in the 2024 calendar year, a organisations said.
12.8 per cent increase compared with the 32,706 student visas The company will implement a Co-CEO
granted in 2023. governance model, with Patrick Guimaraes
However, the overall approval rate for offshore student visa appointed as the CEO for Latin America and
applications in 2024 was 75 per cent, down from 80 per cent in the Europe, and Prashant Sali appointed the CEO for
previous year. the UK and the Rest of World.
In 2024, China was the largest source of offshore student “Combining the services of these two
visa approvals at 10,400 with an approval rate of 95 per cent, organisations means students will now have an
followed by India with 5,452 visas approved, but an approval end-to-end service for all their study needs,”
rate of only 48 per cent, which was down from 58 per cent in Patrick said. “This will be a unique service that
the previous year. connects people at different stages of their
The third-largest source market by number of offshore lives with a global network of educational insti-
student visa applications approved was Japan (2,367, 99 per cent tutions and work
approval), and the top five was completed by the USA (2,120, 98 per opportunities.
cent) and Sri Lanka (1,716, 76 per cent). The partnership
Among the top ten source markets by student visas granted, is critical to wid-
Nepal has the lowest approval rate at only 37 per cent. Read the ening participation, enabling social mobility and
full story at: bit.ly/4bg1b7F ultimately creating a better future for as many
students around the world as possible.”
Prashant said, “Our new organisation means
students can be directly connected with a uni-
versity of their choice, while also having their
travel, accommodation and work needs sorted,
all by the same service. Read the full story at:
bit.ly/3QtiqsB

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