Glossary Term |
Term | Visitor from Overseas |
Synonym | Overseas Visitor (demography) |
Related Term | |
Source of Definition | |
Short Definition | |
Statistical Activity | Population and migration |
Definition
A person who usually lives overseas. This is a statistical, not a legal, definition generally based on a person's self-identified usual address.
In census statistics, a visitor from overseas is a person who self-identifies on the census individual form that they usually live overseas.
In international travel and migration statistics, an overseas visitor is a person staying in New Zealand for less than 12 months, as determined from arrivals and departures of the person and/or intentions as stated on arrival and departure cards.
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