Match every document
Names, dates and amounts should match across forms, bank statements and offer letters.
🇳🇿 Fee Paying Student Visa
New Zealand Student Visa Documents Checklist
A complete documents checklist for the Fee Paying Student Visa, as Indian students submit it.
- Fee Paying Student Visa
- Funds: NZD 20
- Interview: Sometimes, by phone
- File review & mock interview
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New Zealand student visa documents checklist: the short answer
Core documents are passport, offer of place, fee receipt, financial documents and medical and chest X-ray, plus police certificate.
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Official sources: Immigration New Zealand — Student visas
Fee Paying Student Visa at a glance
- Visa
- Fee Paying Student Visa
- Fee
- Check Immigration New Zealand's fee finder (fees rose in 2024)
- Processing
- Varies by season — apply early for the February intake
- Funds
- NZD 20,000 a year for living costs (or pro-rata), plus tuition
- Interview
- Sometimes, by phone
- Dependants
- Partners of some postgraduate students can get work rights
- Passport
- Offer of place
- Fee receipt
- Financial documents
- Medical and chest X-ray
- Police certificate
Tips
Getting documents right
Explain gaps
Add a short letter for study gaps, backlogs or large deposits.
Originals and copies
Carry originals to appointments and keep scanned copies.
Sponsor proof
Include the sponsor's ITRs, salary slips or business proof.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
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Check Immigration New Zealand's fee finder (fees rose in 2024)
Varies by season — apply early for the February intake
NZD 20,000 a year for living costs (or pro-rata), plus tuition
Sometimes, by phone
Funds not genuine or insufficient, Doubts about genuine intent to study and Incomplete medical or character documents
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