All students can support visitor visas for their partners and children. Some can also support a work visa for their partners, or student visas for their children.
If you hold a student visa, you can support a visitor visa for your partner and children. You may also be able to support a work visa for your partner, or student visas for your dependent children.
With a visitor visa your partner and child can:
Partner of a Student Visitor Visa
Child of a Student Visitor Visa
With a work visa your partner can:
Partner of a Student Work Visa
If your dependent children get student visas, they can study at any primary or secondary school in New Zealand as domestic students.
If you are studying a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at a New Zealand university or as an MFAT-funded NZ Scholarship student (excluding Short-term Training Scholarships and English Language Training for Officials Scholarships) you can support:
If you are studying a level 9 or 10 qualification, or a level 7 or 8 qualification that is related to an occupation on the Green List, you can support:
Qualifications Eligible for a Post Study Work Visa
If your study started on or before 7 September 2022, and you are studying a level 7 or 8 qualification that is on the Long Term Skill Shortage List, your partner may still be able to get a work visa even if you do not meet the above requirements.
If you are studying under a New Zealand Government approved student exchange scheme you can support:
If you are studying for any other qualification you can support visitor visas for your partner and children.
In some circumstances you may be able to support a work visa for your partner, but not a student visa for your dependent children. However, if your partner applies for a work visa as the partner of a student, then they may support student visas for your children.
For example, if you are studying a level 8 qualification that is included on the Long Term Skill Shortage List, you can support a work visa for your partner, but not student visas for your dependent children. This means:
Information valid as at 2022/09/07 16:35:58.081437 GMT+12