Immigration New Zealand's visa rejection rate dropped to its lowest level since the pandemic, with over 90% of applications approved in 2025.
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Well, yes, I mean it always has been a problem. It's always been considered a high-risk jurisdiction, but closer to home, Fiji also has quite a bad rejection rate. Then you get into the crazy stuff like the asylum from places like Afghanistan where there's 100% decline rate. But, you know, India has always produced... And Philippines, Indonesia, other such countries have always been considered high risk by our officials and they tend to go through their documentation. Business is dodgy.
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