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V2.35 Short-term study in schools

  1. Visitor visa holders can study without the need to obtain a student visa or a variation of conditions if they attend primary, intermediate, secondary, or composite school for a single period of study of up to three months per calendar year. The single period of study:
    1. must start and finish within a calendar year; and
    2. must not be in term 1 if a visitor visa was held and a single period of study was undertaken in term 4 of the previous year.
  2. Visitor visa holders undertaking a single period of study in (a) above must attend a school that is a signatory to the Education (Pastoral Care Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021, if at least one of the following applies:
    1. they attend for more than two weeks; or
    2. they are fee-paying foreign students.
  3. Despite (b)(i) above, attendance at a school that is a signatory to the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021 is not required where the visitor visa holder is studying under a reciprocal exchange scheme managed by an Exchange Programme Organisation (EPO) approved by the Ministry of Education (see U4.15).

Effective 31/07/2022

IN THIS SECTION

V2.1 Visitor visa requirements

V2.5 Length of permitted stay

V2.10 Single journey visas

V2.15 Multiple journey visas

V2.20 Funds or sponsorship requirements

V2.25 Onward travel requirements

V2.30 Waiver of funds and/or sponsorship requirements and/or tickets for visitor visa applications (to 25/08/2014)

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V2.35 Short-term study in schools (28/08/2017)

V2.35 Short-term study in schools (22/08/2016)

V2.35 Short-term study in schools (30/07/2012)

V2.35 Short-term study in schools (29/11/2010)

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