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MDLIAN 6325

IN A COMMERCIAL VENTURE IN EITHER THE AUCKLAND OR WELLINGTON URBAN AREAS:

-INVESTMENT OF A MINIMUM OF NZ 500,000 (POUNDS 166,666 APPROX) IN A COMMERCIAL VENTURE ANYWHERE OUTSIDE THE AUCKLAND OR WELLINGTON URBAN AREAS:

C)

FAMILY REUNION AND PARTNERSHIP

FOR UNMARRIED DEPENDENT CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 17, SPOUSES OR PARTNERS, AND PARENTS OF NEW ZEALAND RESIDENTS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS:

D) HUMANITARIAN CATEGORY

EVIDENCE OF PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL HARM, A NEW ZEALAND SPONSOR AND EVIDENCE WHY THE GRANTING OF RESIDENCE IN NEW ZEALAND WILL RESOLVE THE SITUATION.

3. THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND TRADE HAS TOLD US THAT 5,411 APPLICANTS FROM HONG KONG WERE GRANTED PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH 1992. IN THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 1992, 3,075 HONG KONG APPLICANTS WERE GRANTED PERMANENT RESIDENCE, BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS:

GENERAL (POINTS SYSTEM)

GENERAL INVESTMENT

BUSINESS IMMIGRATION

PARTNER/FAMILY

OTHER

TRANSITIONAL

HUMANITARIAN

1024

552

20

155

1299

19

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IN THE YEAR TO 31 DECEMBER 1992, 19,327 TOURIST VISAS WERE GRANTED TO HONG KONG APPLICANTS (A 4% INCREASE ON THE 1991 TOTAL). IN THE SAME PERIOD 25,060 TOURIST VISAS WERE ISSUED IN TAIWAN CA 69% INCREASE ON THE 1991 TOTAL).

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