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New Zealand Student Visa - Complete Overview

Written by  Rachit Agrawal

Reviewed by  Priyanka Bhargava

Published: Mon, September 30, 2019 9:30 AM IST  Updated: Mon, September 30, 2019 9:30 AM IST  9 mins read

New Zealand Student Visa - Complete Overview

Written by  Rachit Agrawal

Reviewed by  Priyanka Bhargava

Published: Mon, Sep 30, 2019 9:30 AM IST  Updated: Mon, Sep 30, 2019 9:30 AM IST  9 mins read
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New Zealand Student Visa

If you are planning to study in New Zealand for more than three months, you will require a student visa. A student visa permits you to study full-time in New Zealand but for a limited period of time. A student visa may have conditions that you must meet.

The New Zealand Government is providing opportunities to all Indian students to study in the country but as a prerequisite, they will have to obtain a student visa first. The student visa that you require will depend on the type of degree (certificate, diploma, undergraduate, graduate, etc.) you wish to pursue, and how long you intend to stay in New Zealand.

Latest updates : 

  • Student visa applications may be submitted in four ways: online, offline, via an immigration counselor, or at a visa facility.
  • Because of the COVID-19 epidemic, New Zealand resolves to open its frontiers after two years, accepting its nationals who have been abroad, foreign students, tourists, and skilled professionals.

Types of New Zealand Student Visa

If you are above 18 years and plan to study in New Zealand for more than six months, here is an overview of the types of student visa available for you depending on your course :

  • Fee-Paying Student Visa: Study for four years (full-time) and be able to work part-time
  • Exchange Student Visa: Study for up to four years (full-time) for an approved student exchange program
  • Foreign Government Supported Student Visa: Study for up to four years (full-time) on a scholarship or a foreign government loan
  • Pathway Student Visa: Study for 3 consecutive courses for almost 5 years on a single student visa and then be able to work part-time

Cost of New Zealand Study Visa

A student visa will cost 295 NZ$ and additional Rs. 690 (approximately). The INZ at New Delhi, do not accept cash or credit cards therefore you will have to make payments via bank cheque or a draft.

Documents Required for New Zealand Study Visa

Up-and-comers hoping to apply for their New Zealand Student Visa must have the accompanying records as a component of their visa application measure: 

  • Valid identification – Your visa must be legitimate for at any rate three months past your time to remain in New Zealand 
  • Completed Student Visa Application Form (INZ 1012) 
  • Application expense installment receipt (charge as referenced previously)
  • An offer of a spot – You have to have a proposal of a spot from a New Zealand establishment/college. The structures are normally given after the educational expenses have been gotten 
  • Letter from your present organization affirming status as an investigation abroad understudy 
  • Health protection receipt 
  • You might be needed to show Health and Character authentications, to demonstrate that your aim of remaining in New Zealand is veritable 
  • Two visas estimated photos 

How to Apply for a New Zealand Study Visa?

For the application, you need to apply on the website. Make sure that you do it in advance.

  • Check if you match the study visa qualification/eligibility.
  • Collect all your documents and keep them ready.
  • Go to the New Zealand visa website. Create an account and fill the form as per instructions. Remember, it is required that you download the form, fill it up, make the necessary signatures, and then scan it and upload it back again. 
  • Once the form has been completed and submitted, make sure you pick a date for the appointment. Select the date and submit the form. You will receive notifications for the same, on phone as well as on email. Appear on the day of the appointment, carrying all the documents. There your fingerprints and photograph will be recorded for the visa process to go further. 
  • Next, pay the visa application fee through a demand draft, in cash, or the online mode of payment itself. 

New Zealand student visa processing time

Handling times can fluctuate depending on which area you're applying for and it can take between: 

  • 75% of utilizations in 28 days; 90% of uses in 50 days for the Higher Education Sector 
  • 75% of utilizations in 45 days; 90% of uses in 70 days for Vocational Education and Training Sector 
  • 75% of utilizations in 17 days; 90% of uses in 28 days for Schools. 

New Zealand student visa processing time after medical

Immigration New Zealand suggests that you permit around a month (20 working days) for preparing for understudy visa applications submitted on the web, and somewhere in the range of five and a month and a half for applications submitted as a printed copy. Preparing can take as long as a quarter of a year during occupied periods, be that as it may, so it is imperative to apply at the earliest opportunity. 

New Zealand student visa requirements

To fit the bill for an understudy visa, you'll need: 

  • to be acknowledged for a course at instruction organization endorsed by the Ministry of Education or the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) 
  • money for your educational expenses or evidence that you have a grant that pays your charges 
  • proof you have enough cash to live on while you're in NZ, and 
  • a ticket out of NZ or proof that you enough cash to get one. 

New Zealand student visa financial requirements

You may likewise need to show proof that you have adequate assets to cover your everyday costs throughout your remainder. You should show you have NZ$ 15,000 for an entire year of study or NZ$1,250 per month. This may include: 

  • A grant program 
  • Bank articulations 
  • Financial undertaking by support to take care of convenience and living expenses 
  • Evidence that you are leaving New Zealand after the culmination of your course. This can be as flight tickets, notwithstanding, it is discretionary 
  • A police testament on the off chance that you are matured 17 years or over and plan to read for over two years. A police authentication is an archive which is utilized as proof of good character 

New Zealand student visa fees

Understudy visa applications produced using the UK right now cost NZ$330 if you apply on the web. On the off chance that you need to present a paper application, the charge is £173, in addition to a handling expense of £19. 

New Zealand student visa fees in Indian rupees

New Zealand Visa Cost, students who are presenting their Student Visa Application online are needed to pay a Visa charge of NZD 330 + INR 747 (roughly) as the getting focus expenses (New Delhi). Competitors who are applying for their Student Visa using posts are needed to pay USD 222 + Rs. 1,124 (roughly) as getting focus expenses (New Delhi). Up-and-comers should take note of that the taking care of charges could change contingent upon the Visa Center, consequently candidates are needed to check the official site before applying for the specific sum at that point. 

Embassy fees for New Zealand student visa

Most worldwide guests coming to New Zealand will play an IVL of NZD $35. You pay this when you apply for a visa or solicitation at NZeTA (New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority).

New Zealand student visa with a spouse

On the off chance that you are coming to Australia to examine, you are qualified to carry your relatives with you. You can either remember them for your unique understudy visa application or you can apply for their visas once you have begun your course in Australia with the goal that they can go along with you. Companions, accomplices, and unmarried youngsters younger than 18 are qualified for subordinate visas. 

If you are remembering your reliant relatives for your unique understudy visa application, at that point you should remember their subtleties for your unique Form 157A. The fundamental understudy visa holder must have at least a year's legitimacy on the visa and vital assets and protection to cover all costs for this period. 

On the off chance that you are applying for the visa after you have begun your course, at that point you should present the accompanying records: 

  • Form 919, Nomination of understudy wards 
  • Form 157A, Application for an understudy visa 
  • Name of your course 
  • Length of the course and your normal finish date 
  • If you are fulfilling all the course prerequisites 
  • Proof that you can monetarily uphold your reliant relatives 
  • Proof of family ties, for example, marriage endorsement or birth declaration 
  • Proof of school enrolment of school-matured youngsters 
  • Proof of medical coverage forwards.

New Zealand understudy visa conditions

Understudy visa conditions include: 

  • an offer of the spot from an instructive organization endorsed by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority 
  • a composed assurance from an establishment or individual that appropriate convenience is accessible to you in New Zealand (in case you're under 18 years) 
  • evidence of adequate assets to live on while you are examining 
  • a return air pass to your nation, or proof of adequate assets to get one.
  • If you're going through a half year or more here in New Zealand you may be screened for tuberculosis. 
  • If you're more than 17 and planning to be in New Zealand for more than two years, you'll have to give a police testament to show that you are acceptable. 
  • If you're contemplating a short course that is under a quarter of a year, you needn't bother with an understudy visa, only a guest visa. 

New Zealand understudy visa checklist

  • Offer letter 
  • Academic records to date 
  • IELTS/TOEFL Score (6.0 for the Bachelor and 6.5 for Master) 
  • Passport 
  • Work Experience (If any) 
  • University/College Application structure (Offer letter handling time 1 to about fourteen days) 
  • Visa Documentation 
  • Offer letter from the College or University 
  • Financial Documents 
  • National Saving Certificates 
  • Public Provident Fund Accounts/Employers Provident Fund Accounts 
  • Police Clearance Certificate
  • Student Visa application structure and the valuable data structure 
  • Photograph 
  • Visa Application Fees 
  • Covering letter
  • Educational testaments (with interpretations whenever required) 
  • Evidence of Employment

New Zealand understudy visa success rate

Visa acknowledgment rates for Indian understudies expanded from 62% in 2015/16 to 84% in 2018/19. The general rate for all identities was 85% and 88.6% individually. Recently New Zealand detailed a 9.8% development in worldwide understudies in 2018 contrasted with the earlier year. Nonetheless, the quantity of Indians gave understudy visas has declined from 21,871 of every 2015/16 to 15,826 out of 2018/19. 

New Zealand understudy visa rejection reasons

There are a few potential reasons why your visa application may have been declined: 

  • Your application has not been held up in an endorsed way 
  • Your application has not been arranged accurately or is missing data 
  • You might not have applied for the most reasonable visa for what you plan to do in New Zealand 
  • Immigration New Zealand has recognized wellbeing or character gives that make you ineligible. 

When your visa application has been declined, you need to choose whether you need to acknowledge that choice and conceivably even re-visitation of your nation of origin, or whether you feel that the choice did not depend on the realities of your case or movement approaches have not been applied accurately. 

One of the significant purposes behind the possibility to pick New Zealand is its ideal post-study period. This period permits understudies on an understudy visa to discover business and convert their understudy visa to a work visa. This a rewarding bit of leeway and is supported by all. In any case, if the understudy visa giving the authority is under the feeling that the up-and-comer won't have the option to fit into their workspace, give global level hard-working attitudes and isn't expertly solid in English the understudy visa is consequently denied as the competitor would not receive most extreme ROI in return. Through the visa application measure and the visa, talk with competitors ought to have the option to demonstrate to the specialists that their sole motivation behind entering the nation is to contemplate and be a standard withstanding individual who might just be an advantage for the nation. 

New Zealand study visa duration

The visa is substantial for the span of your course on the off chance that it is as long as a yearlong, or for around a year for courses that are longer than a year (you will be needed to recharge your visa through the International Student Office of your college after this time if your course endures longer than a year).

About the Author
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Rachit Agrawal
Study Abroad Expert & Co-Founder @ AdmitKard
Rachit believes in the power of education and has studied from the top institutes of IIIT Allahabad, IIM Calcutta, and Francois Rabelias in France. He has worked as Software Developer with Microsoft and Adobe. Post his MBA, he worked with the world's # 1 consulting firm, The Boston Consulting Group across multiple geographies US, South-East Asia and Europe.