VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON • NEW ZEALAND

APPLYING FOR AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT VISA You must have a valid student visa to enrol and to continue studies at Victoria University. As an international student, it is your responsibility to ensure that you have a valid student visa at all times. Please apply for your student visa at least two weeks before your current visa is due to expire. HOW TO APPLY FOR A VISA You can apply for your student visa at Victoria International, Level 2 Easterfield Building, Kelburn Campus – see www.victoria.ac.nz/international/current-students/visas.aspx. The Visa Officer is available during the following drop-in hours: ̵̵ Monday: 2pm to 4pm ̵̵ Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10am to 12 noon, 2pm to 4pm ̵̵ Friday: 10am to 12 noon.

DOCUMENTS TO INCLUDE WITH YOUR APPLICATION Completed International Student Visa Application Form (attached – copies are available from Victoria International) Two recent passport size photographs Proof of enrolment (such as an Offer of Place or Confirmation of Study) Receipt for payment of tuition fees (or evidence of scholarship) Evidence of sufficient funds to meet your living costs for the length of the visa. A recent bank statement (dated after the payment for tuition fees) or completed Immigration New Zealand Financial Undertaking Form (INZ 1014) or Sponsorship Form For Temporary Entry (INZ 1025) or evidence of scholarship (see next page for more details) Evidence of funds for outward travel. You must show evidence that you have the means to travel to a country to which you have right of entry. This can be either a fully paid travel ticket (open) or sufficient funds in addition to living expenses to buy an air ticket – approx. $1,000 to $2,000 – to cover the cost of outward travel Receipt for payment of the visa application fee of $190. The fee can be paid by EFTPOS or credit card at Victoria International Your passport (please ensure you have sufficient blank pages and your passport expiry date is no less than three months from the time of application)

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ̵̵ You must be enrolled as a full-time student to apply for your student visa through Victoria International, unless you are in your final trimester of study. Full-time study means being enrolled in at least 45 points (or three courses) per trimester. If you are enrolled in fewer than 45 points then please discuss your situation with the Visa Officer. ̵̵ You must be making sufficient academic progress to apply for your student visa through the University. This usually means passing at least two thirds of your courses each trimester. If you haven’t made sufficient academic progress then please speak to the Visa Officer. ̵̵ Attendance Certificate/Transcript If you are applying for your first student visa for Victoria University and have studied in New Zealand previously then please provide an attendance certificate and/or academic transcript from your prior place of study. Current Victoria University students do not have to provide this. ̵̵ PhD students Please provide a letter from your supervisor or faculty, summarising your academic progress and providing an estimation of your submission date. If you have you already submitted, then please bring your submission receipt or confirmation of oral examination. Your thesis title and supervisor's name must be included in this letter.

March 2016

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON • NEW ZEALAND

APPLYING FOR AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT VISA EVIDENCE OF SUFFICIENT FUNDS You must have at least NZ$15,000 available to support yourself for the academic year. If you are studying for a shorter period you must show at least NZ$1,250 for each month you require the student visa. Please note that having a part-time job or providing your payslips is not considered to be sufficient evidence of funds. A bank statement must be for a bank account held in your own name and show the preceding three months transaction history. It must be printed on the bank’s letterhead with the bank’s logo. Deposits from friends in New Zealand are not acceptable. ATM printouts are not acceptable. A Financial Undertaking Form (INZ 1014) may only be used if one was provided with your first student visa application submitted off-shore. The person acting as guarantor must show evidence that they have sufficient funds to support you for the length of the visa being applied for. Evidence of sufficient funds must be in English and can include bank statements, evidence of investments or the guarantor’s payslips. A copy of the guarantor’s passport or ID card must also be included. A Sponsorship Form for Temporary Entry (INZ 1025) can be used if a New Zealand resident or organisation will be supporting you during your studies. If the sponsor is a person, then they must show evidence that they have sufficient funds to support you for the length of the visa being applied for. Evidence of sufficient funds can include bank statements, evidence of investments or the sponsor’s payslips. A copy of the sponsor’s New Zealand passport or residency visa must also be included. Scholarship evidence should state what the scholarship covers, for example, tuition fees and/or a monthly stipend, how much it pays (for example, $1,500 per month) and its length and/or end date. The Student Visa Application, Financial Undertaking and Sponsorship Forms can be collected from Victoria International or downloaded from www.victoria.ac.nz/international/current-students/visas.aspx

MEDICAL AND CHEST X-RAY CERTIFICATES* If you are a full-fee paying international student, you may be required to provide Medical and/or Chest X-ray Certificate with your visa application, depending on your answers to the questions in Section 5. MEDICAL CERTIFICATION of the Application Form. Note that Medical and Chest X-Ray Certificates must be submitted to Immigration New Zealand within three month of being completed. After submission, they are valid for 36 months. If you are renewing your visa and it has been more than 36 months since you have submitted a medical certificate or chest x-ray, then you may need to provide one or both of these documents. If you do not remember when you last submitted a medical certificate or chest x-ray or do not know if you need to get another one then please call the Immigration New Zealand contact centre on 0508 558 855 or 04 910 9915 and ask them. Any New Zealand registered doctor may complete immigration health certificates, including Student Health at Victoria. Clinics in downtown Wellington that specialise in immigration medical examinations include Capital Medical (0800 700 262) and Life Clinic (0800 005 433). You will need to take your passport with you.

POLICE CERTIFICATE* Students intending to stay in New Zealand for more than 24 months are required to submit a Police Certificate from their country of citizenship and from any country in which they have lived for five or more years since the age of 17. This 24-month period includes time already spent in New Zealand as well as the period of time you intend to be in New Zealand. Police certificates must be submitted to Immigration New Zealand or Victoria International within six months of being issued. They are valid for student visa applications for 36 months after the date of issue. If your home country Police Certificate is not in English, you must have the certificate translated and submit both the original Police Certificate and the original translation of the Police Certificate. If you do not remember when you last submitted a police certificate or do not know if you need to get another one then please call the Immigration New Zealand contact centre on 0508 558 855 or 04 910 9915 and ask them. *It is your responsibility to contact Immigration New Zealand (phone 0508 558 855) for information regarding the validity of your medical and chest x-ray certificates and police certificate. March 2016

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON • NEW ZEALAND

APPLICATION FOR AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT VISA [1/5] Please complete this application form and bring it with you to Victoria International when you apply for your student visa.

PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY.

A. PERSONAL DETAILS 1. First name

Middle name(s)

Surname or family name

Legal name (as on your passport or birth or marriage certificate)

2.

Male

Female

3. Date of birth

D D / M M / Y Y

4. Passport number

5. Nationality, as on your passport

f) National Identity Number (if applicable)

B. STUDY DETAILS 1. Victoria Student ID number

2. What degree/programme are you studying at Victoria?

C. CONTACT DETAILS 1. Home address while studying in New Zealand

Postal Code

Day Month Year TELEPHONE:

Area Code  ) (   

CELLPHONE:

Area Code  ) (   

2. Contact email address

OFFICE USE ONLY Application received: Visa expiry date:

Evidence of funds:

D D / M M / Y Y

Issuing country of passport: Passport expiry date:

D D / M M / Y Y

New passport since last visa?

YES

NO

Passport scan required?

YES

NO

Grades Checked?

YES

NO

Tuition fees paid until: Study programme end date:

Bank Statement

Financial Undertaking Form

Scholarship or Grant

NZ Sponsor

Outward travel:

Fully paid air ticket

Funds to buy ticket

Medical:

Full Medical Certificate

X-ray Certificate

Police:

Police Certificate

D D / M M / Y Y

US Financial Aid

Notes and signature

D D / M M / Y Y D D / M M / Y Y

March 2016

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON • NEW ZEALAND

APPLICATION FOR AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT VISA [2/5] D. CHARACTER If you plan to be in New Zealand for 24 months or more, you must provide police certificates from your country of citizenship and any country you have lived in for five years or more since the age of 17. 1.

Have you submitted a Police Certificate to Immigration New Zealand that was issued in the last 36 months? NO

YES > When did you do this?

D D / M M / Y Y

2. Have you been under investigation, charged or convicted for any offence(s) against the law in any country, including New Zealand?: NO 3.

YES >

under investigation

charged

convicted

Have you been: • excluded

NO • refused entry NO • removed or deported NO from any country, including New Zealand?

YES YES YES

4. If you have answered YES to of to D2 or D3 above, please provide details:

E. HEALTH E1. Do you have tuberculosis (TB)?

NO

YES

E2. Do you have any medical condition that requires, or may require, one of the following during your stay in New Zealand? Renal dialysis Hospital care Residential care

NO NO NO

YES YES YES

Residential care is defined as in-patient care for people with psychiatric, sensory or intellectual disabilities or live-in facilities for the aged.

E3. Have you been identified as a person who requires special education services?

NO

YES

(For further information, refer to ‘Completing Section C: Your health’ in the Student Visa Guide (INZ 1013)).

E4. If you have answered YES to any of the questions E1, E2 and E3, provide details:

E5. Are you pregnant? D D / M M / Y Y

YES > Expected due date: Go to E6 NO > Go to MEDICAL CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS E6. Do you intend to give birth in New Zealand? NO > Go to MEDICAL CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS YES > Please indicate how the cost of maternity health services will be paid for and provide the relevant evidence: I am, or will be eligible for publicly-funded maternity health services and have provided evidence of my eligibility. I will cover the cost myself and have attached copies (not originals) that I have at least NZ$9000 of funds available. My sponsor has guaranteed to cover the cost – I have attached a completed Sponsorship Form for Temporary Entry (INZ 1025). Go to MEDICAL CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS March 2016

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON • NEW ZEALAND

APPLICATION FOR AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT VISA [3/5] MEDICAL CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS Please answer the questions below to find out whether you are required to provide a medical certificate or chest X-ray certificate as part of your application. Medical certificates and chest X-ray certificates must be less than three months old when you submit them to Immigration New Zealand. QUESTIONS E7-E12 ARE TO BE ANSWERED BY PHD

STUDENTS ONLY

ALL OTHER STUDENTS: GO TO E13 ALL APPLICANTS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A MEDICAL OR X-RAY CERTIFICATE MUST ANSWER QUESTION E19. E7. Will you be in New Zealand for less than six months? NOTE: INZ calculates this period of time from your first arrival in New Zealand. YES > You do not need to provide a medical certificate or chest X-ray certificate. Go to G. Declaration NO > Go to E8 E8. Will you be in New Zealand for more than six months and less than 12 months? YES > Go to E9 NO > Go to E10 E9. Are you from, or have you visited for more than three months, a place that is outside the list of ‘Countries, areas, and territories with a low incidence of tuberculosis’*? YES > Go to E10 NO > You do not need to provide a medical certificate or chest X-ray certificate. Go to G. Declaration E10. Have you previously provided a medical certificate which was issued less than 36 months ago? YES > You do not need to provide a new medical certificate (or further medical information other than a chest X-ray certificate, if required below) unless (select an option if applicable): your health has deteriorated, or you been advised in writing by Immigration New Zealand to provide a medical certificate or further medical information with this application. Go to E11 NO > You must provide a completed General Medical Certificate (INZ 1007). Go to E11 E11. Have you previously provided a chest X-ray certificate which was issued less than 36 months ago? YES > Go to E12 NO > You must provide a Chest X-ray Certificate (INZ 1096) unless you are pregnant. Go to E19 E12. Have you spent six consecutive months since your previous visa application in a place that is outside the following list of ‘Countries, areas, and territories with a low incidence of tuberculosis’? YES > You must provide a Chest X-ray Certificate (INZ 1096) unless you are pregnant. Go to E19 NO > You do not need to provide a new chest X-ray certificate. Go to G. Declaration

COUNTRIES, AREAS AND TERRITORIES WITH A LOW INCIDENCE OF TUBERCULOSIS Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Australia Austria Barbados Belgium Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile

Costa Rica Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominica Finland Germany Greece Grenada Iceland

Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Jordan Lebanon Libya Liechtenstein Luxemburg Malta Monaco

Montserrat Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Norway Oman Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia San Marino Slovenia

Sweden Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United Arab Emirates United Kingdom USA US Virgin Islands Vatican City

March 2016

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON • NEW ZEALAND

APPLICATION FOR AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT VISA [4/5] ALL STUDENTS, EXCLUDING

PHD STUDENTS, MUST ANSWER QUESTIONS E13 TO E19.

E13. Will you be in New Zealand for less than six months? NOTE: INZ calculates this period of time from your first arrival in New Zealand. YES > You do not need to provide a medical certificate or chest X-ray certificate. Go to F. Insurance Declaration NO > Go to E14 NO YES E14. Have you ever used intravenous drugs? Have you ever had a blood or blood product transfusion? NO YES Have you ever participated in or been exposed to any activity which may have exposed you to a serious infectious disease (such as HIV, or hepatitis B or C)? NO YES If you answered YES to any of the questions in E14 you must provide a completed General Medical Certificate (INZ 1007) regardless of any other advice below. Go to E15 E15. Are you from, or have you visited for more than three months, a place that is outside the list of ‘Countries, areas, and territories with a low incidence of tuberculosis’, as shown in the box at the bottom of the previous page? YES > Go to E16 NO > You do not need to provide a chest X-ray certificate. Go to E18 E16. Have you previously provided a chest X-ray certificate which was issued less than 36 months ago? YES > Go to E17 NO > You must provide a Chest X-ray Certificate (INZ 1096), unless you are pregnant. Go to E18 E17. Have you spent six consecutive months since your previous visa application in a place that is outside the list of ‘Countries, areas, and territories with a low incidence of tuberculosis’, as shown in the box at the bottom of the previous page? YES > You must provide a Chest X-ray Certificate (INZ 1096), unless you are pregnant. Go to E18 NO > You do not need to provide a new chest X-ray certificate. Go to E18 E18. Have you been advised in writing by Immigration New Zealand to provide a medical certificate, a chest X-ray certificate or any other medical information with this application? YES > You must provide a General Medical Certificate (INZ 1007), a Chest X-ray Certificate (INZ 1096) or the further medical information requested by Immigration New Zealand. Go to E19 NO > If the previous questions indicated that you must provide a medical certificate, or a chest X-ray certificate, or further medical information, go to E19 Otherwise you do not need to provide any further documents about your health. Go to F. Insurance Declaration E19. Is a physician submitting your medical and/or chest X-ray certificate to Immigration New Zealand on your behalf? YES > Has your physician supplied you with an eMedical Reference Code (NZER)? YES > Enter your eMedical Reference Code:

NO > Enter the name of the clinic that is submitting your health information Go to F. Insurance Declaration NO > If the physician has returned the medical and/or chest X-ray certificate to you, then you will need to submit these with your visa application. Go to F. Insurance Declaration

March 2016

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON • NEW ZEALAND

APPLICATION FOR AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT VISA [5/5] F. INSURANCE DECLARATION (does not apply to PhD students) 1. I agree to arrange and hold insurance which my education provider considers acceptable, from the beginning of my enrolment until the expiry of my student visa, unless I depart New Zealand earlier. 2. I understand that holding insurance will be a condition of my visa and that I may become liable for deportation if I do not hold insurance, from the beginning of my enrolment until my visa expires, unless I depart New Zealand earlier. 3. I understand that if I apply for a further visa, I may be asked to provide evidence that I complied with the insurance requirements for this current visa, as stated above.

G. DECLARATION (applies to all students, including PhD students) 1. I declare that the evidence of funds provided with this application have not been borrowed or loaned to me and are available to maintain myself for my period of stay in New Zealand. 2. I have provided true and correct answers to the questions in this form. 3. I agree to tell Immigration New Zealand about any changes to my circumstances that occur after making this application. 4. I agree to leave New Zealand before my visa expires. If I remain in New Zealand after my visa has expired, I may be liable for deportation. 5. I agree that if I am not entitled to free health care in New Zealand, I will pay for any health care or medical assistance I may require in New Zealand. 6. I understand that if I have received immigration advice from an immigration adviser and if that immigration adviser is not licensed under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 when they should be, Immigration New Zealand will return my application. 7. I understand that Immigration New Zealand may provide information about my entitlement to work to potential employers via the online VisaView system. VisaView is authorised by legislation. 8. I authorise Immigration New Zealand to provide information about my health and my immigration status to any health service agency. I authorise any health service agency to provide information about my health to Immigration New Zealand. 9. I authorise Immigration New Zealand to make any necessary enquiries about information on this form and/or accompanying documentation. 10. I authorise any agency whether in New Zealand or overseas, including but not limited to, border or immigration agencies, education providers, financial institutions, foreign embassies, government authorities, healthcare providers, insurance providers, police or other law enforcement agencies, that holds information (including personal information) related to information on this application form and/or accompanying documentation to disclose that information to Immigration New Zealand. 11. I authorise Immigration New Zealand to provide information about my immigration status to my past, present or future education provider and to the International Education Appeal Authority. I authorise Immigration New Zealand to provide information about the status of my student visa application to my present education provider. 12. If I am granted a student visa with the condition that I am accompanied by a legal guardian, I agree to live with my legal guardian. I understand that both I and my legal guardian could be made liable for deportation if this condition is not met. 13. If I am granted a limited visa, I agree that I will leave New Zealand on or before the expiry date of that visa. If I do not leave New Zealand, I may be immediately deported from New Zealand without the right of appeal. 14. If I am granted a student visa with the condition that I hold acceptable insurance, I understand the requirements regarding insurance that I have agreed to above. SIGNED

DATE D D / M M / Y Y

PLEASE BRING THIS COMPLETED APPLICATION FORM WITH YOU TO VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL WHEN YOU APPLY FOR YOUR STUDENT VISA. YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO BRING: Proof of your enrolment at Victoria The receipt for the payment of your tuition fees or equivalent Evidence of sufficient funds for living costs Receipt for visa application fee ($190, payable by EFTPOS or credit card at Victoria International) Your passport Two recent passport sized photos – please write your Student ID on the back Evidence of outward travel March 2016