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INZ Operational Manual Temporary entry
c. Sponsored applicants should provide a Sponsorship Form for Temporary Entry (INZ 1025)
completed by their sponsor.
Effective 29/11/2010
V2.30 Waiver of funds and/or sponsorship requirements and/or tickets for
visitor visa applications
Immigration officers with Schedule 3 delegations and above may waive the requirements for
funds and/or sponsorship and/or airline tickets in the case of applicants for visitor visas such
as, but not limited to, the following:
a. tour group applicants for whom the sponsoring agency has confirmed that all applicants
will have sufficient funds and return tickets;
b. government officials travelling on business, if they are officially supported by their home
government;
Note: Immigration officers in non-INZ offices should request a special direction for
government officials in every case from an officer with the required authority at an INZ
branch.
c. genuine business travellers, if they are formally supported by their employer;
d. genuine tourists, if the immigration officer is satisfied that:
i they are genuine tourists; and
ii they have made a suitable declaration as to funds and tickets on the application form;
e. the partner and dependants of a work visa holder, if the employer is a guarantor (see
W2.15) or the work visa holder has sufficient funds or income for their maintenance and
repatriation;
f. the partner and dependants of a student visa holder on a scholarship, if the scholarship
guarantees maintenance and repatriation of the partner and dependants;
g. residence applicants, if the officer is confident that the application for residence is likely to
succeed.
V2.35 Short-term study in schools
See previous instructions V2.35 Effective 29/11/2010
Effective 29/11/2010
a. 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:
i must start and finish within a calendar year; and
ii 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.
b. Visitor visa holders undertaking a single period of study in (a) above must attend a school
that is a signatory to the Ministry of Education's Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of
International Students, if at least one of the following applies:
i they attend for more than two weeks; or
ii they are fee-paying foreign students.