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Question 7295 (2026)
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Ricardo Menéndez March
List MP · Green Party
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How many, if any, people have held a temporary visa and been ordinarily resident in New Zealand for at least the previous 5 years?
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Hon Erica Stanford
Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Immigration
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I am advised that as at 9 March 2026, the number of people who currently hold a temporary visa and have held a temporary visa in the preceding five years, that have been ordinarily resident in New Zealand for at least five years is 15,356.