New Zealand Student
Visa Application Requirements for Indian Students
Before sending/lodging your visa applications
please ensure that you have included all the documentation as mentioned on the
checklist below.
Immigration New Zealand (INZ) will require clear certified copies of all
documents provided including – the offer letter, educational qualification
certificates and work experience certificates.
Immigration New
Zealand will keep the original affidavits
and bank letters and bank statements for their reference.
The following documents are required to lodge
student visa application. Please note that the order of the
documents should be the same as mentioned below.
1. Student Visa
application forms
*INZ 1012
*Supplementary
Information Form
2. Passport or travel
document:
Students will need to
submit the original passport along with photocopy of
all pages at the time of lodging the application. Passports must be valid for 3
months beyond intended date of departure from New Zealand.
3. Photograph:
2 Recent passport sized
photograph (must be less than 6 months old)
4. Application Fee:
The current student visa
fee is Indian Rupees INR 11,100. The fee must be paid by bank draft drawn at
any bank in “New
Delhi” and drawn in the name of “Immigration New
Zealand”..
The application fee is not refundable in case your application is
not successful. Due to currency fluctuations, fees are subject to change
without notice.
5. Statement of Purpose
Students will need to provide a statement of purpose which is the
background to why the student is applying, what he/she wishes to do and how the
course would help him/her in the future plans and goals. They must also include
details of financial ability and how they can afford this course in New Zealand.
6. Offer of a place and
accommodation guarantee from Institute
The
offer of a place at an educational institution should provide the following
details:
a) the name of
the course and the minimum time required for completion; and
b) evidence that
the course meets foreign student policy requirements; and
c) notification
of the amount of the fee for the complete course or, where the course is longer
than one year, the annual fee; and
d) whether the
student does or does not have to pay course fees
Guarantee of
accommodation from either the institution or from a person prepared to provide
accommodation in New Zealand
has to be attached.
7. Financial Documents
Students must submit
evidence of sufficient funds for maintenance during their stay in New Zealand
including:
a) Financial
Undertaking Form/s (If more than one guarantor).
b) Affidavit/s of
Support from Guarantors (also stating the exact relationship of the guarantor
with the applicant).
c) Authorisation
letter/s from guarantors authorising New Zealand Immigration Service to verify
their financial documents on their behalf. If guarantors are outside India
the contact name and telephone numbers/e-mail addresses of officials in the
Bank who can be contacted for verification.
d) The students
should provide funds upfront for the first 12 months of his study inclusive of
living expenses (NZ$10000 p.a) in New Zealand. If the duration of
course is longer, students should provide a plan of payment to show that they
have access to funds and have the ability to meet the rest of the course cost
and living expenses. INZ accepts the following evidence of funds:
·
Education loan sanction letter
·
Latest bank statements for the past 6 months. It should
not be more than 1 week old at the time of lodgement of the application. Please ensure that statements and not balance
certificates are provided.
·
Fixed Deposits. In case of providing fixed deposits as
evidence of funds please ensure that a copy/counterfoil of the deposit along
with a letter from the bank giving the details of the deposit is provided.
·
Public Provident Fund Accounts/Employers Provident Fund
Accounts.
·
Post Office Accounts.
·
National Saving Certificates.
* Please note that the telephone numbers along with the
STD codes of the place/institution where the funds shown can be verified should
be provided with the financial documents.
The
following evidence of funds are NOT acceptable:
a)
Education loan from non banking financial institutions
b)
LIC or ULIP
c)
Mutual funds or infrastructure bonds
d)
Shares and equities
e)
Evaluation of jewellery
f)
Funds held with commission agents
g)
J Forms
8. Educational
certificates (with translations if required)
All educational
certificates should be provided which includes:
a) Class 10
b) Class 12
c) Graduation
Certificate
d) Post Graduate
Certificate
e) Other courses
and Diplomas done
f) All the above
should have transcripts also attached.
*
Please note that if you intend to pursue aviation or marine courses in New Zealand,
then evidence of your related qualification and / or work experience should be
provided, if applicable.
9. English language requirement
Immigration New Zealand will take account of the evidence
and all the circumstances of the application (which includes nature of
student’s employment history, qualification) to assess if student meet the
minimum standard of English language to be able to cope well with the study
requirement in New Zealand.
Students may also provide any other
additional information in support of your English language ability.
INZ strongly recommend
that IELTS certificate should be provided with student visa application.
10.
Evidence of Employment
If student is
working and/or have worked in past please provide all work references from the
employers on company letterhead. The
company address and phone number must be included on the letter.
11.
X-ray report for TB
screening
This is a mandatory lodgement requirement.
a) Applicants,
who intend to be in New
Zealand for more than 6 months but less than 12 months, must undergo a
TB screening X-ray unless:
i they are
pregnant; or
ii they are
under 11 years of age
b) The
certificate should be no longer than 3 months old at the date of submission and
the applicants must provide the following:
i a fully completed Temporary Entry X-ray
Certificate form, NZIS 1096; and
ii any associated medical reports required
for the X-ray.
All student applicants
who intend to stay in New
Zealand for a total of more than 12 months must undergo a full medical and x-ray
examination.
The
certificate should be no longer than 3 months old at the date of submission and
the applicants must provide the following:
i a fully completed Medical and Temporary
Entry X-ray Certificate form, NZIS 1007; and
ii any associated medical and laboratory reports
Note:
Pregnant women and children under the age of 11 are not required to have
an X-ray examination.
The New Delhi
Branch has appointed Panel Doctors. The medical certificates must be completed
by one of the panel doctors and x-ray reports should be completed by a
Radiologist referred by a panel doctor.
(For a list of panel doctor’s in
your city please click here)
12.
Police Clearance Certificate
All applicants
who are above the age of 17 years and intend
to stay in New
Zealand for a total of more than 12 months must provide their Police Clearance
Certificate. Certificates must be less
than 6 months old at the time it is submitted to us. For applicants in India, only Police Clearance
Certificates from the Regional Passport Office (The passport office which has
issued your passport) of the Ministry of External Affairs or from the Office of
Commissioner of Police are acceptable.
After the application is submitted
Interviews and/or further information
The visa
officer will conduct a through check of all the documents submitted like
education certificates, financial documents and work experience documents. We
Please note that students may be required to attend a telephonic interview or
an interview at New Zealand High Commission, New Delhi or provide further information to
enable the visa officer to make a decision.
Applications Approved in Principle
Once the visa
officer is convinced and all the requirements have been met, students will be
advised in writing that their application has been approved in principle. Students will be given a month to submit the
following:
a) Only fee
receipts (normally for 1 year) issued by the New Zealand Education Institute
will be accepted. This fee receipt could be directly faxed or e-mailed to
Immigration New Zealand office.
b) Any other
requirement which needs to be fulfilled at that stage for the visa to be
issued.
Please note : The visa would not be issued any earlier
than 14 working days prior to course commencement
Validity of Student Visa
Please note
that if the course duration in New
Zealand is more than 1 year, the student
visas will only be issued for 1st year of study. You will have to apply for and
meet the requirements for a further student permit in New Zealand. However, if the course
duration is less than 1 year or 1 year, then the student visas will be issued
for the duration of the course.
