The number of Indian student visa applications to New Zealand recorded a fall for a record third consecutive year in 2017, as reported by Radio NZ earlier today.
According to Radio NZ report, the total number of visa application received by Immigration New Zealand (INZ) had dropped in 2017 to only 9429, after peaking in 2015 when INZ had received a record 25,977 applications for a study permit.
The numbers had begun to fall in 2016 when INZ only received 16, 380 applications.