Nauru → New Zealand: Fee Paying Student Visa

One photo that meets Immigration New Zealand's photo requirements for a visa application.

Source: Immigration New Zealand, Fee Paying Student Visa

A high-quality scan of the information page of your passport or travel document, valid for at least 3 months after the date you plan to leave New Zealand.

Source: Immigration New Zealand, Fee Paying Student Visa

Evidence you have enough money to live on, or an acceptable sponsor or guarantor. If you're paying for tertiary, English-language, or other non-compulsory study of 1 year or more, you need NZD $20,000 per year (or NZD $1,667 per month for shorter study). For compulsory education (school Years 1–13), you need NZD $17,000 per year (or NZD $1,417 per month). Acceptable evidence includes bank statements, a scholarship, an education loan (with the sanction letter and repayment plan), fixed-term deposits, or, if sponsored, your sponsor's sharing ID or a completed Financial Undertaking for a Student form from a guarantor.

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Evidence you've paid your tuition fees for 1 course or 1 year of study (whichever is shorter), for example a receipt from your provider, confirmation you don't need to pay, or evidence of an approved government loan application together with a letter from your provider confirming they expect to receive the fees.

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You must genuinely intend to study in New Zealand and meet your visa conditions. If your course has English-language or academic requirements, you can (though it isn't mandatory) provide evidence like an online enrolment verification report or English test results (e.g. IELTS, TOEFL) to help show your intentions are genuine.

Source: Immigration New Zealand, Fee Paying Student Visa

Evidence you've been offered a place on a course by an approved education provider (or, if you're a returning student, confirmation of enrolment). It must state your course name, its length, whether it's full- or part-time, and, if it runs more than one academic year, the scheduled holiday dates, plus a declaration signed by the provider that the course suits you and you have the language and academic ability to pass it.

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You must agree to have insurance for travel and any health care you need, from the start of your course until your visa expires, meeting the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021 and acceptable to your provider. This becomes a condition of your visa. PhD students don't need insurance.

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If you're 16 or 17 and at a tertiary provider, or in Years 12–13 at school, and you plan to work while your course is in session, you need a letter agreeing to this from both your parent or legal guardian and your approved education provider.

Source: Immigration New Zealand, Fee Paying Student Visa

A ticket for travel out of New Zealand at the end of your stay, or documents (such as bank statements) showing you have enough money to buy one, separate from the money you need to live on. If you're sponsored, your sponsor can instead show they have enough money to buy your ticket.

Source: Immigration New Zealand, Fee Paying Student Visa

Your country isn't on Immigration New Zealand's list of countries with a low incidence of tuberculosis (TB), so if you're coming for 6 months or longer you need a chest X-ray. You may not need one if you can prove you have never lived in or spent time in that country.

Source: Immigration New Zealand, Countries with a low incidence of tuberculosis

You must be in good health. If you'll stay 6 months or longer and you've spent more than a total of 3 months in the past 5 years in countries that aren't on Immigration New Zealand's list of countries with a low incidence of tuberculosis (TB), you'll need a chest X-ray. A medical examination may also be requested. Full fee-paying students don't usually need to provide a medical certificate if staying under 12 months.

Source: Immigration New Zealand, Fee Paying Student Visa

If you're under 10 and won't be living in an NZQA-approved school hostel, you must be accompanied by, and live with, a parent or legal guardian, who must separately apply for their own visa and provide evidence of their legal right to care for you and that they care for you in your home country (e.g. your birth certificate, court guardianship documents, or evidence of paying for your education).

Source: Immigration New Zealand, Fee Paying Student Visa

Required if you're 17 or older and your total time in New Zealand (including past visits) will be 24 months or more. It must be less than 6 months old when you apply, from every country you're a citizen of and every country you've spent more than 5 years in since turning 17. Not required if you provided one with an earlier application within the last 36 months, or if you're under 20 and have held New Zealand student visas continuously since turning 17.

Source: Immigration New Zealand, Fee Paying Student Visa