New Zealand Study Visa Financial Requirements

New Zealand is one of the favourite study abroad destinations among international students. It offers many advantages to students. Some of the advantages of study in New Zealand are

  • Students get to Study in top class universities and colleges in New Zealand
  • Applicants may choose from Hundreds of courses availability
  • Course availability from Diplomas, Bachelors, Masters to PhD
  • Part time Work during study
  • Post Study work Visa after completion of study in New Zealand
  • Settlement options after Study in New Zealand
  • Dependent spouse work visa for New Zealand student visa holder
  • Dependent spouse visitor visas
  • Dependent child study visa for New Zealand study visa holder
  • Dependent child visitor visa

Requirements for Apply for New Zealand study visa

There are many requirements which the students must fulfil if they would like to study in New Zealand like being a bonafide applicant, having good health, having good character, having logical study progression  , having money  to name a few. One of the important requirements is of having enough funds to pay for your tuition fee and support your cost of living while in New Zealand. This blog article compiled by an experienced LIA- Licensed Immigration Adviser for New Zealand explains the New Zealand Study Visa Financial Requirements.

New Zealand Study Visa Financial Requirements

To make the financial requirements easy to understand this is explained in major three points. Applicants in order to apply for their New Zealand study visa must refer to below

  • Enough funds to support the NZ student visa application
  • Funds to be held in the name of acceptable sponsor
  • Source of the funds

Enough funds to support the NZ student visa application

Having enough funds for the tuition fee and cost of living is one of the major requirements which the students must meet. The amount required would depend on the course the student wishes to study. If the student wishes to study one year course then the funds required for New Zealand study visa are as below

  • Tuition fee for one year along with cost of living for one year and travel expense.
  • The cost of living in New Zealand is 20000 for one year
  • The travel expense is NZD 1500

So for a course of duration of one year with tuition fee NZD 25000 the total amount required would be

  • 25000 + 20000+1500 which comes out to be NZD46500

As mentioned above the funds required would depend on the duration of the course. If the duration of the course is more than one year then the amount of funds required for New Zealand study visa application would be different. Applicants may opt for payment plan if they do not have liquid funds for second year.  Applicants must consult the best New Zealand study visa consultant who can guide you about the funds and payment plans for NZ study visa application.

Funds to be held in the name of acceptable sponsor

Along with having enough   funds to support the NZ student visa application, the Funds must be held in the name of acceptable sponsor. This requirement of having Funds to be held in the name of acceptable sponsor is specific to the applicants from India in this blog article. If you are applicant from India then your sponsor must be acceptable as per the definition of acceptable sponsors by Immigration New Zealand- INZ. For Indian applicants following people can show funds for your NZ student visa application

  • Your father
  • Your mother
  • Your maternal grandfather and grandmother
  • Your paternal grandfather and grandmother
  • Your real brother
  • Your real sister

If you are a married applicant then the following also can be your sponsors for New Zealand study visa along with the above relations

  • Your father in Law
  • Your mother in law
  • Your spouse

Source of the funds for New Zealand Study Visa

This is the third very important point in New Zealand Study Visa Financial Requirements. If you fulfil the first two requirements that is having enough funds to support the NZ student visa application and           Funds to be held in the name of acceptable sponsor but if you do not fulfil the third requirement that is source of the funds, your visa application could be refused. So it is a mandatory condition that you provide the source of funds supporting your New Zealand student visa application with Immigration New Zealand.

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