How to Get New Zealand Student Visa?
09 Dec 2015
Everyone who comes to study in New Zealand from overseas must meet certain rules and requirements. If you are coming to New Zealand to study for more than three months, you will need a student visa.
To apply for a student visa, you must meet student policy requirements:
1. Student Visa Application INZ 1012 (Original)
2. PERSONAL DOCUMENTS
+ Your current Passport (original), or certified copy of your passport (all pages) if you can’t submit your passport at lodgement stage.
+ 2 recent passport sized photos of passport quality
+ Your household book (Vietnamese nationals only)
+ Vietnamese identity card (Vietnamese nationals only)
+ Birth certificate
+ Family Supplementary Questionnaire
3. OFFER OF PLACE
A copy of the letter from the educational institute that offers you a place at their school. The letter must specify:
+ The name of the course;
+ The minimum time required to complete the course;
+ The tuition fee payable;
Whether the course and education provider meet foreign student requirements.
4. ACCOMMODATION GUARANTEE
Fee-paying students who are under the age of 18 must provide evidence of accommodation in New Zealand. This can be in the form of:
+ Confirmation from the school that accommodation is arranged by the school for fee-paying students who are under the age of 18; or
+ Letter from the person who provides accommodation to you. If you choose to live with your own designated caregiver, you have to provide evidence of approval from the school of your designated caregiver.
5. FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS
You must provide evidence that you or your family have sufficient funds to cover both your tuition fees and living expenses for the first 12 months of study (or course duration, if shorter).
You must show you have the equivalent of NZD 15,000.00 (USD 12,000) per year for courses lasting more than 36 weeks as living expenses.
For courses lasting less than 36 weeks you are required to show that you have 1,250NZD (1000USD) available per month of study.
Your funds must come from genuine source(s). You also need to provide verifiable and genuine evidence of ongoing and sustainable funds available to support your entire intended study plan.
Examples of ways that you could demonstrate sufficient funds:
+ A completed Financial Undertaking for a Student form – INZ 1014 PDF; or Sponsorship Form for Temporary Entry (INZ 1025) ; together with an explanation of the relationship between the sponsor and the student and evidence of this relationship. More than one guarantor is permitted;
+ Bank account/s showing a regular savings history. Note: any newly opened account or recent large deposit must be explained, with supporting evidence as to where the money has come from;
+ Ownership of assets that are generating an income, such as residential rental properties (provide rental contract and evidence of tax payment for income from the lease) or agricultural land;
+ Evidence of your parents’ employment – including their employment contract and evidence of a regular salary/wage being paid to them;
+ Evidence of your parent’s business ownership, and the income the business is generating. Include documents such as business licenses, tax code registration, and income tax payments for the last 12 months.
6. EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATES/ EVIDENCE OF EMPLOYMENT
You should provide evidence of your previous schooling, complete right through to the time of your application. This includes your attendance record, your academic results and any certificates attained. Include any current courses, English courses or part-time study.
If you have been working, then please supply evidence of your employment in addition to educational certificates.
7. CHARACTER REQUIREMENTS
Applicants aged 17 or over intending to remain in New Zealand for 24 months or longer are required to provide a police certificate from the applicant’s home country and any country in which they have lived for 5 or more years since attaining the age of 17 years. Note that the 24 month period includes time already spent in New Zealand prior to the application made.
+ Please note that a police certificate is NOT required if you have provided a police certificate to INZ within the 36 months preceding this application OR your total intended stay in New Zealand (including time already spent) is less than 24 months.
+ Certificate must be less than 6 months old when the application is submitted.
+ Providing Vietnamese police certificate #1.
+ A Vietnamese Police Certificate must be issued by the Service of Justice of the city or province where your permanent residence is registered.
8. MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS SỨC KHỎE
If you intend to be in New Zealand for more than six months but less than one year, you must take a Chest X-ray as per Chest X-ray Certificate INZ 1096.
If you intend to be in New Zealand for more than one year and you are a NOT a PhD or New Zealand Aid Programme Supported Student, you are required to complete a Chest Xray Certificate (INZ 1096).
If you intend to be in New Zealand for more than one year and you are a PhD or New Zealand Aid ProgrammeSupported Student, you must complete:
+ A full health check as per General Medical Certificate INZ 1007 unless you have provided a Medical Certificate to INZ within the 36 months preceding your application;
+ A Chest X-ray Certificate (INZ 1096).
Notes: A Chest X-ray is NOT required if:
+ You have provided a Chest X –ray Certificate INZ 1096 to INZ within the 36 months preceding this application, and
+ You have not spent the previous six consecutive months in any country that is not a low-incidence country for tuberculosis (TB).
Medical certificates must be less than 3 months old when the application is submitted.
All medical certificates must be completed by an INZ appointed panel doctor.
Notes: All documents not in English must be accompanied with an English translation from an independent and recognized translation company/service.
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