Statement of purpose is one of the very important documents for New Zealand student visa. It is an excellent way to communicate your study in New Zealand plans to the case officer assessing your application. This blog article compiled by an experienced and expert LIA- Licensed Immigration Adviser for New Zealand visas at West Highlander Immigration Chandigarh contains the following information
- What should the New Zealand study visa aspirants include in their SOP for New Zealand student visa?
- What could be the ideal format for Statement of purpose for New Zealand study visa?
The first one is what should your SOP for New Zealand study visa contain and the second one is about the ideal format which could be used for your statement of purpose
What should the New Zealand study visa aspirants include in their SOP for New Zealand student visa?
Statement of purpose is one of the very important documents which should accompany your visa application. There are certain things which the students must include in their statement of purpose. The first one is about their study plans. They must mention about their study plans, what is the course they intend to do, the reasons for choosing this course, how is this course relevant to their current academic background or any work experience they hold.
What career outcomes they expect to have on the completion of their study program? What kind of jobs could they get? If they have any gap in their academic profile or work experience profile, justification of that gap. The funds they need to have for their New Zealand study visa. These are few points which the students must include in their statement of purpose for New Zealand. These points can convey your study goals to the case officer who is assessing your visa application.
What could be the ideal format for Statement of purpose for New Zealand study visa?
Another common query the students have is about the format of their SOP. What should the applicants include in their SOP for New Zealand study visa? Now an ideal format would represent all the information in the application which could help the case officer in assessing your study goals and your visa application. The applicants may start with their introduction.
First paragraph
In their introduction, they may tell about themselves, their academic background, their work experience background and their English language ability.
Second paragraph
The next paragraph could be regarding the course. Applicants must mention the reasons why they have chosen this course, how this course is relevant to their academic background. For example, if you are a student who has done his 12th in commerce and is now wanting to pursue a course in business in New Zealand here you might mention that how this 12th in commerce is relevant to the business degree you intend to do in New Zealand. What are the course contents which motivated you to select this course?
Third paragraph
The applicants must mention about the university or college they wish to study in New Zealand. Now there are many universities and many colleges which provide a similar course.
Let’s say that you choose to do a bachelor of business in New Zealand. Now this Bachelor of Business is provided by many colleges and universities. You must mention the reasons why you have particularly chosen to do this Bachelor of Business in this particular college or university.
Fourth paragraph
The next point could be how this course would help you in your career goals. What are the career outcomes you expect to have after completion of this course? What are your plans? Let’s say that you may be eligible for post study work visa after completion of the course. If you would like to avail this post study work visa, be honest and mention in your SOP that you would like to avail this. So mention about your career plans, your future goals once you have successfully completed this course.
Next paragraph could be regarding your gaps. If you have any, let’s say that you did your bachelor’s two years before and after that you are not into any regular study or regular job. You have been involved in preparing course of entrance exams. So you must mention about the things you have been doing in these two years along with providing the evidence which could help the case officer in assessing your gap Period.
Funds for Study in New Zealand paragraph
Last but not the least, the students must mention about the finances they have for their New Zealand study visa. You must mention how you would fund your studies. Let’s say that you plan to study a three years of bachelor’s degree in New Zealand. Tell about the funds which you have available for your first year of study, that is your tuition fee, your cost of living, and how you plan to spend on second year and third year of your program.
So this could be the ideal format for your statement of purpose for New Zealand
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