| To receive a New Zealand Student Visa or Student | | | | -It should also show whether you are studying full-time |
| Permit so you can study in New Zealand you must | | | | (20 hours a week or more) or part-time (less than 20 |
| first meet New Zealand Immigration requirements for | | | | hours a week or enrollment in fewer than three |
| international students. The course or courses you | | | | papers, or equivalent, per semester). |
| intend to undertake must also meet New Zealand | | | | - The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) |
| Immigration requirements. | | | | must approve the course that you want to Study in |
| To get a Student Visa or Permit, you need to have an | | | | New Zealand and for which the permit is required. |
| Offer of Place from a New Zealand education | | | | Visa for Short Courses |
| provider. The offer must include the following: | | | | If you want to study a single course, that is less that 3 |
| -The name of the course and the minimum time | | | | months long, you do not need a student visa to Study |
| required for completing the course should be | | | | short term courses in New Zealand. However you will |
| mentioned in the offer letter. | | | | need to apply for a visitor visa. If you want to study |
| -The University should provide the proof that the | | | | two or more short courses of study or training |
| course and course provider meet New Zealand's | | | | (whether at the same time, or one after the other), you |
| requirements for international students. | | | | need a student visa or permit. |
| -You need to show the amount of the fee for the | | | | Visa for Courses of Longer Duration |
| complete course, or if the course is longer than one | | | | If you want to study a course that is more than 3 |
| year, the annual fee. | | | | months long you will need a student visa/permit. To get |
| -The offer letter should clearly state you have to pay | | | | a student permit you need to have an offer of place |
| course fees and whether the course fees are New | | | | from the university you have enrolled in to study in |
| Zealand dollars or foreign fees. | | | | New Zealand. |