Glossary Term
Visitor from Overseas



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.

Example

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