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To be eligible for a study opportunity, strong academic results and English proficiency alone are not enough. You must also demonstrate sound financial capacity and meet the Bona Fide Student requirement. This checklist covers the whole process, from offer of place to Approval in Principle.
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The first step is the offer letter stage. To apply to your chosen institution and program with a New Zealand education provider, we require the following documents:
If married
Immigration history
You must declare any immigration history when you submit your application.
You must provide evidence of enough funds to cover your 12-month tuition fees, living expenses and travel expenses for you, your spouse and any school-aged dependent child, and declare how you are managing funds for your further studies.
12 months living cost
- Student
- NZ$ 20,000 (under 1 year: NZ$ 1,667 per month)
- Partner
- NZ$ 4,200
- Child
- NZ$ 17,000 for a Master's applicant, NZ$ 0 for Research or PhD (under 1 year: NZ$ 1,417 per month)
How long a visa you are granted
For a fee-paying student visa you must show tuition fees and living costs for the first year of study, or for the course if it is shorter. You are granted a visa for that period, and must provide a credible payment plan showing how the remaining years will be funded.
If you want a visa for the full 3–4 year duration up front, you must show tuition fees and living costs for the whole intended study period.
Saving deposits
Funds must be genuinely held by the sponsor or financial guarantor and genuinely available to you throughout your stay. Accepted from Nabil Bank, Nepal SBI Bank or Standard Chartered Bank.
Education loan
We always suggest students calculate the required funds excluding scholarships.
Evidence of financial undertaking
If an individual or relative is supporting you, they must complete the INZ 1014 financial undertaking form and show they can afford to support you from their own savings. Only one financial guarantor is allowed per student.
Business
Salary
Salary (Abroad)
Rent
Lease
Pension
Vehicle Income
Income from Agriculture
Not acceptable sources
The following are not acceptable as a source of money or deposits:
- Gold, including a loan against gold
- Jeweller's valuation certificates
- Funds from non-financial banking corporations or co-operative societies
- Mutual funds
- Bonds
- Shares
- Business loans or business accounts
- Land and property valuation documentation
- Agricultural income
- Credit cards
If you are an international student under 18, your accommodation must be confirmed and a risk assessment completed before your course starts.
Living with parents or a legal guardian in New Zealand
Living with a designated caregiver in New Zealand
Living with an approved homestay family in New Zealand
Generate your health assessment (NZER) and medical request letter, then take the letter to a panel clinic. The examination must be done by an approved panel physician:
- IOM Migration Health Assessment Centre
- IOM Medical Damak
- Norvic International Centre for Health Evaluation
- Travel and Mountain Medicine Centre
- Nepal Mediciti Hospital
- Alfa Health Care
Do this first
We always recommend completing the health examination before lodging the visa application.
You must obtain a no-objection letter from Nepal's Ministry of Education to pay your tuition fees and leave the country. You need the following documents when applying for the NOC:
If married
After you submit, if the visa officer is satisfied with your application they issue an Approval in Principle asking you to:
There is a deadline
These documents must be submitted within the time stated in the AIP letter. AIP response time is 10 working days; where FTS is used it is 15 days.
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New Zealand Student Visa Checklist
20 October 2026
New Zealand
To be eligible for a study opportunity, strong academic results and English proficiency alone are not enough. You must also demonstrate sound financial capacity and meet the Bona Fide Student requirement. This checklist covers the whole process, from offer of place to Approval in Principle.
Step 1 — Offer Letter Checklist
The first step is the offer letter stage. To apply to your chosen institution and program with a New Zealand education provider, we require the following documents:
- Passport (all pages)
- All academic documents and GAP evidence
- SEE transcript and certificate
- NEB | Diploma | A Levels | IB transcript
- Bachelor transcript, certificate and individual mark sheet
- Master transcript, certificate and individual mark sheet
- English proficiency test result
- CV (if any)
- Work experience, training and salary statement (if any)
- Council registration certificate (if any)
- Application form and GS statement for the university or college
If married
- Marriage certificate
- Spouse's academic documents
- Spouse passport
- Spouse CV
- Marriage photograph (if any)
Immigration history
You must declare any immigration history when you submit your application.
Step 2 — Financial Checklist
You must provide evidence of enough funds to cover your 12-month tuition fees, living expenses and travel expenses for you, your spouse and any school-aged dependent child, and declare how you are managing funds for your further studies.
12 months living cost
How long a visa you are granted
For a fee-paying student visa you must show tuition fees and living costs for the first year of study, or for the course if it is shorter. You are granted a visa for that period, and must provide a credible payment plan showing how the remaining years will be funded. If you want a visa for the full 3–4 year duration up front, you must show tuition fees and living costs for the whole intended study period.
Saving deposits
Funds must be genuinely held by the sponsor or financial guarantor and genuinely available to you throughout your stay. Accepted from Nabil Bank, Nepal SBI Bank or Standard Chartered Bank.
- Bank balance or deposit from Nabil Bank, Nepal SBI Bank or Standard Chartered Bank
- Bulk deposits over NZ$ 2,000 — Explain the source with supporting documents.
- Recently opened accounts — Explain where the money came from, with supporting evidence.
- 3 months of transaction history
- Explanation for large opening balances
- Fixed deposits held for 3 months or more
Education loan
We always suggest students calculate the required funds excluding scholarships.
- Education loan sanction letter
- Loan disbursement letter
- Loan account statement covering the period from loan approval to now
- Lalpurja including owner details, where property is used as collateral
- Land tax receipts from the VDC or municipality for the three fiscal years before the loan was approved
- Cover letter explaining how you plan to repay the loan
Evidence of financial undertaking
If an individual or relative is supporting you, they must complete the INZ 1014 financial undertaking form and show they can afford to support you from their own savings. Only one financial guarantor is allowed per student.
- INZ 1014 form completed by the supporter
- Only one financial guarantor per student — Where possible use a close family member as sponsor or guarantor.
- Bank statement for the previous 3 months or older
- Bank confirmation and signature on INZ 1014 Section E (if any)
Business
- PAN Certificate of Business
- Registration/ Ownership documents issued from the official authority showing the financial sponsors as the owner/ partner of the business
- Income tax returns of last three years of the business
- Current account statements of the business for the last 12 months
- Shareholder Information details on MOA & AOA
- Audit report of last two years
Salary
- Employment confirmation letter
- PAN of the employee
- Income tax returns of last three years of the employee
- Salary slips from the employer for the last 12 months
- Itemized personal bank account statement for the last 12 months.
- Provident Fund | Citizens Investment Trust | Social Security Fund etc.
Salary (Abroad)
- Salary letter, Job Agreement or appointment letter
- Passport and Visa copy
- Employee ID proof
- Bank statement showing salary deposit
- Remittance receipt (recommended)
- English translation from Vishwo Bhasha Campus if documents are in their own native language
- Tax Return of last 1-2 years
Rent
- Rent Agreement Paper
- Title Deed
- Building completion Certificate
- Business registration of tenant if leased to any business
- Property Tax receipt of last 3 years
- Rent tax from Municipality office of last 1-3 years
- Bank Statement showing rent being received for last 12 months
- House Picture (if requested)
- Company document or Citizenship of tenant
Lease
- Lalpurja including details of the owner
- Itemized bank account statement of the property owner for the last 12 months
- Business registration of Tenant if leased to any business
- Lease tax receipt of last 12 months
- Land tax receipts issued by the VDC | Municipality office for the last three fiscal years
- Company document or Citizenship of tenant
Pension
- Pension Book
- Bank statement from the last 6 months
Vehicle Income
- (Only accepted if the vehicle is given on rent to any business organization)
- Vehicle Registration Certificate
- Vehicle Agreement
- Insurance paper if vehicle purchase on loan
- Bank statement reflecting vehicle income deposit
Income from Agriculture
- Agriculture Income Verification Certificate from Municipality | Ward Office | VDC
- Bank statement showing agriculture income deposit
- Any bills or receipts of product sales
- Title Deed paper
Not acceptable sources
The following are not acceptable as a source of money or deposits:
- Gold, including a loan against gold
- Jeweller's valuation certificates
- Funds from non-financial banking corporations or co-operative societies
- Mutual funds
- Bonds
- Shares
- Business loans or business accounts
- Land and property valuation documentation
- Agricultural income
- Credit cards
Step 3 — Under 18 Students
If you are an international student under 18, your accommodation must be confirmed and a risk assessment completed before your course starts.
Living with parents or a legal guardian in New Zealand
- The applicant's parents must confirm that the applicant will be living with the student in New Zealand until the applicant is 18 years of age.
Living with a designated caregiver in New Zealand
- The applicant can live with a designated caregiver who must be a relative or close family friend.
- Parents must sign and complete the parents' authority form and their indemnity form.
Living with an approved homestay family in New Zealand
- The applicant may arrange to stay with a homestay family in New Zealand approved by the education providers in New Zealand.
Step 4 — Health Examination
Generate your health assessment (NZER) and medical request letter, then take the letter to a panel clinic. The examination must be done by an approved panel physician:
- IOM Migration Health Assessment Centre
- IOM Medical Damak
- Norvic International Centre for Health Evaluation
- Travel and Mountain Medicine Centre
- Nepal Mediciti Hospital
- Alfa Health Care
Do this first
We always recommend completing the health examination before lodging the visa application.
Step 5 — No Objection Letter (NOC)
You must obtain a no-objection letter from Nepal's Ministry of Education to pay your tuition fees and leave the country. You need the following documents when applying for the NOC:
- Unconditional letter of offer (must show your name, subject, program level, duration and student ID)
- Citizenship certificate
- Passport copy
- Academic documents
- Invoice letter from the university or college showing payment details
- Degree awarded certificate (if you studied in a foreign country)
- Equivalency letter from Tribhuvan University (if you studied at a foreign university)
- Common Entrance Exam mark sheet (if applying for a health program)
- Previous NOC copy (if one has been issued before)
- Licence from the relevant authority
Step 6 — Visa Document Checklist
- Recent passport-size photo
- All academic documents
- Valid English proficiency test result
- Unconditional offer letter
- Any GAP evidence
- All income documents with recent bank statements
- Education loan
- Recent bank balance (minimum 3 months)
- Affidavit of support from sponsor
- Financial undertaking form INZ 1024
- INZ 1226 form
- E-medical completion letter
- Relationship verification certificate
- Birth registration certificate
- Any immigration history
- Cover letter
- Police clearance certificate
- Property documents
If married
- Marriage registration certificate (if any)
- Marriage photos
- Joint bank statement
- INZ 1146 form
- Spouse academic documents
- GAP evidence such as work, training or internships
- Relationship timeline letter
Step 7 — Approval in Principle (AIP)
After you submit, if the visa officer is satisfied with your application they issue an Approval in Principle asking you to:
- Pay tuition fees for 1 year or 1 program, whichever is shorter
- Provide an education loan disbursement letter and loan statement, if funds are shown from a loan
- Provide a new bank statement showing the fees paid by the bank
There is a deadline
These documents must be submitted within the time stated in the AIP letter. AIP response time is 10 working days; where FTS is used it is 15 days.
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