New Zealand Study Visa
If students will be staying in New Zealand for more than 3 months, then they need to apply for student visa. Once students have their visa, they can stay in the country for more than four years and can get permission to work up to 20 weeks, for that they must be enrolled with any higher education institution of the Country.
At Global Opportunities, we provide students with an end to end professional guidance in compiling and lodging the student visa application to Immigration New Zealand through their commercial partners in India M/s TT Services Pvt Ltd.
Documents Required for New Zealand Student Visa
To get a visa to study in New Zealand students must meet Immigration New Zealand’s requirements. If students are enrolling in a program of study for the first time, then they need to have an offer of place from a New Zealand education provider.
The offer of a place:
An offer must include:
- The education provider’s name and contact details
- The name of the program of study and the minimum time required for completing it,
- Proof that the program of study and program of study provider meet New Zealand’s requirements for international students,
- The amount of the fee for the complete program of study, or if the program of study is longer than one year, the annual fee,
- Whether student have to pay tuition fees
- Whether the fees are domestic or foreign fees,
- Whether the study is full-time or part-time, and
- Confirmation all requirements under the Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students are met (including accommodation for under 18-year-olds and program of study prerequisites).
Study Abroad Australian Visa: Assessment Levels
Country of origin
- The field of study
- The university student is studying at, and
- The study level [based on the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) standards]
If the applicant is placed in the higher assessment level then the person has to submit more documents before obtaining an Australian student visa. The assessment level generally depends upon past compliance with immigration standards and other parameters that determine the immigration risk. Students’ Australian visa application will be assigned a Transaction Reference Number (TRN) by the Australian Government.
Visa processing time and validity
Usually, it takes 4-5 weeks to process the application once it was filed.
If the duration of the course student has applied is more than 10 months and completes by mid of the December (Australian academic year), then his/her visa will expire on 15th of March of the corresponding year. However, if the extent of their course is more than 10 months and finishes in between January and October, then visa will be valid for 2 months following the completion of the applied course.
What if your study duration is less than 2 years?
There is a special subclass of visa called Temporary Graduate (Subclass 485), international students are eligible for this visa if the duration, of course, is less than 2 years or the qualification is below that of a bachelor degree (diploma/trade-level certificate).
The essential requirements/work rights included are:- Students can work in Australia for a period of 18 months and up to 4 years, depending on their qualification
- It does not confine the number of hours of work
- The applicant must have a valid student visa in the last 6 months and should fulfill all the requirements like Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC), English proficiency
- To qualify for the visa the applicant has to qualify the skill assessment in an occupation on the Skilled Occupation List.