Recently Immigration New Zealand announced new post-study work visa instructions that will take effect on the 26^th of November 2018. 

We recognise that any changes to immigration settings can be stressful for students so we wanted to give you an update on what these changes will mean for you. 

If your application for a student visa was not yet accepted for processing by Immigration New Zealand prior to 8 August 2018, you will fall under the new post-study work visa instructions upon completion of your programme.  The table below produced by Immigration New Zealand will outline these new post-study work entitlements for you.

Students studying Level 8 who intended to bring their partners to work or children with fee-free primary and secondary schooling

If you are intending to study the Post Graduate Diploma in Health Science or the Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Management at EIT and you have a partner or family you intend to bring with you, you may be concerned about how the changes around the eligibility of partner work visas and fee-free primary and secondary schooling.  If you and your partner have your applications accepted by Immigration New Zealand before 26 November 2018, you will still be able to support your partner’s work visas. 

If your visas are accepted for processing on or after 26 November 2018, you will only be able to support your partner if you are pursuing the Masters level qualification in your subject area.