From 1 August 2014, passport holders of the countries listed below will be eligible to make online applications for Subclass 600 (Visitor) visas in the Tourist, Sponsored Family or Business visitor stream.

The additional countries able to make online applications are Angola, Anguilla, Armenia, Benin, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Cayman Islands, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Falkland Islands, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, the Philippines, the Pitcairn Islands, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, the Republic of South Sudan, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Turkmenistan, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, Uzbekistan, the Virgin Islands, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

For the 2014/15 financial year:

A maximum number of 1550 visas will be granted for:

Parent (Migrant) (Class AX) visas; and
Aged Parent (Residence) (Class BP) visas.​

These figures include grants to New Zealand citizens that are not included in the Migration Program.

The maximum number of 510 visa will be granted for:

Other Family (Migrant) (Class BO) visas; and
Other Family (Residence) (Class BU) visas.

These figures include grants to New Zealand citizens that are not included in the Migration Program.