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  • October update from Immigration New Zealand

    Update on student visa processing* 

    Since the borders reopened on 1 August 2022, we have received 7,710 student visa applications from international students outside New Zealand. We have decided 4,885 of these applications with over half of these decisions being made in less than 4 weeks and 95% being made within 7 weeks.  

    *Figures current as at 17 October 2022. 

    Submit your student visa application for early 2023 study now 

    Thank you to everyone who has followed our guidance around waiting to submit applications for a student visa for 2023 study. We now encourage students who are intending to begin their studies in New Zealand in early 2023 (up to the end of March) to submit their applications. If you have all your documents ready (including your offer of place and up to date financial evidence) then apply now to give enough time for your application to be processed before your intended travel date. Follow the checklists on the INZ website Student visa information | Immigration New Zealand for guidance on what to provide with your application. 

    Sending your passport to INZ 

    We have changed the rules for when you need to send us your passport. Now, if you are applying for a student visa you only need to send us a high-quality scan of your passport, you will not usually need to send your actual passport to be scanned at a Visa Application Centre (VAC) or an Immigration New Zealand office. This is a temporary measure to help with visa processing. Please note applicants may still receive an automated letter asking for a passport to be submitted. This is not required. We are updating the letter to address this issue. 

    More information: Sending your passport | Immigration New Zealand 

    Post-study work visa eligibility 

    Changes have been made to the Post-Study Work Visa eligibility requirements and visa conditions, to reflect the government decisions announced on 11 May 2022. For more information check the INZ website:  New Post Study Work Visa requirements announced | Immigration New Zealand 

  • ENZ moves to Study with New Zealand website

    The official government site for advice on how to study with New Zealand has been completely rebuilt and rebranded, in line with ENZ’s new global brand campaign to attract more international students to a New Zealand education.

    The Study with New Zealand website showcases the full range of choices available to international students, from studying in New Zealand to new, flexible options for online and offshore courses, and pathways from these courses to further onshore study or blended learning programmes. It replaces the Study in New Zealand site.

    Students can search for a course, a school, an education agent or a scholarship in a more intuitive and comprehensive way. ENZ will add new functions to the site in early 2022, including more enhancements to the Finder tool.

    The new website is a key part of ENZ’s strategy for the evolution of the New Zealand education brand, in line with the Strategic Recovery Plan for International Education, which aims to diversify our education offerings and rebuild a more resilient sector.

    Inviting students to study with New Zealand is more than just a subtle shift in language. 

    The website asks students to take a new look at a New Zealand education. It features ENZ’s new brand messages, photographs and videos showing students learning online. All brand and campaign materials are available for use by international education providers and agents on the ENZ Brand Lab.

    We welcome your comments and suggestions on the new site. Get in touch with Study with New Zealand digital project manager Brooke Dyer at feedback@studywithnewzealand.govt.nz

  • Have your say on immigration policy settings and international students under Year 9

    Immigration policy settings

    The Productivity Commission is inquiring into immigration policy settings, and submissions close on 24 December 2021.

    The New Zealand Government has asked the Commission to undertake an inquiry into what immigration policy settings would best facilitate New Zealand’s long-term economic growth and promote the wellbeing of New Zealanders.

    To have your say, go to productivity.govt.nz/inquiries/immigration-settings

    Future of international students under year 9

    The Ministry of Education has opened consultation on the future of the enrolment of international fee-paying students under Year 9, and submissions close on 11 March 2022.

    The proposed policy change affects international students at the primary and intermediate levels and would require the amendment of the Education and Training Act 2020. To have your say, go to consultation.education.govt.nz/international-education/intlenrolunderyear9

    Keep up with public consultations affecting the international education sector.

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  • From the Acting Chief Executive: Building global connections

    Tēnā koutou katoa 

    Earlier this week the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, His Excellency Phạm Minh Chính, made an official visit to New Zealand accompanied by a large delegation. Joining him was their Minister of Education and Training, Nguyen Kim Son. The visit was a timely opportunity to highlight our education cooperation with Viet Nam and to identify areas in which we can grow.  

    Viet Nam is a multi-sectored market for New Zealand’s international education sector and the fifth largest source country for international students. 

    I was delighted to witness first-hand the signing of an Education Engagement Arrangement (EEA) between New Zealand and Viet Nam, signed by our Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills, Hon Penny Simmonds, and Viet Nam’s Minister of Education and Training. This arrangement demonstrates to prospective students and their families that New Zealand is a partner of choice for the Vietnamese Government in the field of education, which aligns with the New Zealand Government’s priority to build a more resilient and sustainable sector. You can read more about the EEA and the signing event in this issue of E-News here.  

    Keeping with the theme of building global connections, last week I was pleased to meet with Ambassador Eduardo Saboia, the Secretary for Asia and Pacific at Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Itamaraty). Brazil is our largest partner in Latin America and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, New Zealand welcomed over 3,000 Brazilian students. We know that Brazilian students are valued additions to New Zealand classrooms, and that Brazil has been a popular destination for the Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Latin America. 

    Last week we also received formal confirmation that Hon Penny Simmonds, Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills, will be the Minister responsible for international education and Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao. 

    Minister Simmonds is the Member of Parliament for Invercargill, elected in 2020. Prior to her election, Penny was Chief Executive of the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) from 1997 to 2020.  

    The coalition Government has made clear its objective to double the value of exports in 10 years and we now await the Minister’s Letter of Expectations which will set out her detailed expectations for our work. 

    In closing, positive news to share is that international students are returning to New Zealand. The total number of international student visa holders, in and outside New Zealand is now 45,753 – that is a 171 percent increase since our borders reopened in August 2022 (16,853). The total number of visa holders in March 2024 is 68 percent of those in March 2020 (67,331), when the borders closed. It is heartwarming to see the beaming and excited faces of the new intake of international students joining their schools, universities, Polytech's, English language institutes, and other private training establishments in the gallery of student welcomes that has been compiled here.  

    After the challenges of recent years, it is a reason to celebrate. 

    Ngā mihi, 

     

    Linda Sissons 

    Acting Chief Executive   

  • ENZ unleashes the potential of Prime Minister’s Scholarships alumni

    The first-ever event for alumni of the Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia and Latin America was hosted by Education New Zealand in November 2021.

    The scholarships, administered by ENZ, enable New Zealanders to study, research or intern in Asia or Latin America. Since 2013, more than 2,400 group and individual scholarships have been awarded.

    The virtual event – Hono Mai: a call to connect – drew together alumni from all walks of life, based in New Zealand and around the world.

    They heard guest speakers from the Asia New Zealand Foundation and the Latin America New Zealand Business Council, held speed networking sessions in small groups on the EventsAir platform, and joined in challenges and trivia questions.

    ENZ’s Global Citizens Manager, Carla Rey Vasquez, says the event was designed and driven by alumni, for alumni.

    “Our global citizenship work aims to equip New Zealanders with the competencies to engage with the wider world, build connections with people from other countries and cultures, and take action on the things that matter to them.

    “Alumni have so many rich, diverse relationships around the world which can be used to support and uplift each other. Hono Mai is about sharing those relationships to help alumni achieve their own goals within their own communities,” she says.

    One of the alumni involved in organising the event was Robyn Scrimshaw, who studied Chinese law and language in Shanghai with a Prime Minister’s Scholarship for Asia in 2014.

    “Everyone had such a great experience on the trip; the event was about bringing that magic together and connecting everyone’s experiences in one place,” she says.

    Now working as an urban planner in Tauranga, Robyn still draws on her experience of “different perceptions of public and private spaces” in the Chinese cities she visited. 

    Plans are underway for more networking events for Prime Minister’s Scholarships alumni in 2022.

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