New Zealand Student Visa Guide

The student visa applicant must show their genuine intention to stay in New Zealand temporarily for the purpose of study.

The visa decision-maker will consider the visa applicant’s family ties and personal, financial, work or other commitment in your home country or New Zealand. And the visa applicant’s previous immigration history.

Documents to support you are a genuine visitor:

• Current and previous passports showing your photo page, it should include all pages contain the entry and exit stamps and the visa records.
• A letter from your current education provider prove that you are an enrolled student.

An offer of place letter issued from your education provider which is a New Zealand Qualifications Authority approved institution.

For pathway student visa applicants, you should provide a separate offer of place from each education providers.

The student visa applicant must show proof that they have sufficient funds to support their accommodation and study costs in New Zealand. The amount of sufficient funds should cover below three parts:

• Tuition fee: The money to support your first year of study (or first course if it is less than 1 year) must be readily available.
• Living expenses: The suggested amount of living expenses suggested by the New Zealand government is NZ $15,000 for a full year or NZ $1,250 per month.
• Outward travel: The sufficient funds to purchase return air ticket leave New Zealand when your studies are complete (this can be replaced by the copies of airline tickets).

The types of financial documents that can use as proof of sufficient funds including: bank statements, official loan letters, or financial guarantee or scholarship letter.

You are required to have health and travel insurance to cover your study length in New Zealand as a student visa applicant. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) student is exempt from this requirement.  

For an international student who ages 17 or above and planning to study in New Zealand for over 24 months, they need to provide a police certificate to show that they are a good character.

This requirement generally means that the student visa applicant should have no criminal convictions.

The New Zealand immigration department required student visa applicant have an ‘acceptable standard of health”. To prove that, you will need to provide a medical examination report and chest x-ray certificate.

The New Zealand immigration department required student visa applicant have an ‘acceptable standard of health”. To prove that, you will need to provide a medical examination report and chest x-ray certificate.