Exchange Student Visa

Conditions you must meet

• Be accepted into an approved student exchange scheme

  show you have been accepted into an approved exchange student scheme

• Study abroad programmes are NOT approved exchange schemesRouting information rather than a hurdle: INZ names the correct alternative. Recorded because applying on the wrong student visa is the most expensive mistake available here.

  Study Abroad programmes are not approved exchange schemes. Students planning to study with a Study Abroad programme should apply for a Fee Paying Student Visa.

• Be outside New Zealand when you applyINZ adds that a visa can be granted from inside New Zealand only in very special circumstances, and that the applicant must explain why they arrived without a student visa.

  You must be outside New Zealand when you apply. We will check our records to make sure you are not already in New Zealand.

• Have enough money for living expenses, or an acceptable sponsor

  have enough money to pay your living expenses, or have an acceptable sponsor

• Show you can leave New Zealand at the end of your stay

  show you can leave New Zealand at the end of your stay.

• Be in good health

  be in good health

• Be of good character

  be of good character

• Have a genuine reason for coming to New Zealand

  have a genuine reason for coming to New Zealand

• Written permission is needed if you plan to workINZ ties this to age and school year — 16 and 17 year olds in years 12 or 13 need permission.

  provide information about your holidays and your course, and have written permission, if you plan to work

• Stay of up to 4 years

  Length of stay Up to 4 years

Documents you must provide

• Evidence of an offer of place, or a letter from your exchange programme organisationINZ's own sentence breaks at 'from an' where a link interrupts it; the excerpt preserves what is served.

  If you are attending a school-to-school or tertiary exchange programme, you need to provide evidence of an offer of place from an — this should state you are an exchange student. If you are coming to New Zealand with an exchange programme organisation (EPO), you need to provide a letter from your EPO explaining that you are an exchange student.

• Evidence of acceptance into the scheme, for example a letter from the organiser

  You must provide evidence that you have been accepted into an. For example, a letter from the scheme organiser.

• Evidence that practical work experience is part of your course, where required

  provide evidence that practical work experience is part of your course, where required

Government fees

• Application feefrom NZD 850INZ publishes this as a 'from' price; the final fee depends on where the application is made.

  Cost From NZD $850

Also stated by the authority

Not requirements in themselves. These are alternatives, exemptions, rights and warnings the authority publishes alongside the requirements — quoted here because they can change what applies to you.

• Work part-time up to 25 hours a week, depending on age and course lengthA right the visa grants, not an obligation, and explicitly conditional on age and study length.

  work part-time up to 25 hours a week while studying, or in the holidays, depending on your age and how long your study is for.

• No tuition fees are payable on this visaThe main practical difference from the fee paying student visa. INZ's sentence trails into a link, and the excerpt preserves that.

  You do not need to pay tuition fees as you are considered a.