Will I get a New Zealand Student Visa?

IF YOU ARE GOOD*, YOUR NEW ZEALAND STUDENT VISA IS GUARANTEED.

And it does not matter whether the visa officer is in a good mood or a bad mood!

How many times have we not heard the story ‘the visa officer was in a bad mood and did not even give me a chance to speak’? Imagine this scenario - some guy who happens to be a visa officer wakes up in the morning, has a fight with his wife and comes to work and decides to take out all his anger on the first 3 students who will approach him for a visa by not giving it to them! And you happen to be one amongst the three. Nightmare isn’t it? Imagine falling prey to the ‘mood’ of a visa officer after months of preparation, especially if you are a good student?

A good* student according to Immigration New Zealand means the following:

• Good academic history
• Proven ability in English to be able to successfully attend a course of study in NZ
• Verifiable evidence of funds to meet the educational expenses
• Regular source of sufficient income of financial guarantors
• Intended course relevant to educational background/work experience
• Clear health & character requirements

If you have the above you will be termed a ‘Positive Profile’ student by Immigration New Zealand and your student visa is guaranteed. All these visa officers make rational judgments rather than whimsical decisions based on ‘mood’.

You do not have to attend a personal interview in Delhi unless you have some really peculiar circumstances. Only in some instances you have to answer a telephonic interview. And you can always say you will call back if that moment is not appropriate or convenient to you like being in traffic. You can always come to our office and we will connect you to the visa officer after making a proper introduction.

And you can explain clearly and state without any fear that you want to go to New Zealand, study sincerely, pick up your GUARANTEED 12 MONTHS WORK PERMIT, find a job relevant to your course, extend the 12 months work permit to a 2 years work permit and apply for your permanent residency when you get the required points. Simple. No cock and bull stories are required like a sick grandfather who cannot live without you and hence you WILL come back after you finish your studies.

And what if you have been rejected a student visa before?
Like we say in New Zealand – ‘No worries mate’! Any number of rejections to other countries or to New Zealand will not hamper the visa officer’s rationality unless the previous visas were rejected due to fraudulent documentation or a medical problem. In fact all decisions have to be ratified by a senior officer before being conveyed to the student. So there is an inbuilt system to avoid bad decisions based on the individual likes and dislikes of one visa officer. One of our classic cases was a student who was rejected to the US five times and then got his New Zealand visa at first attempt. Last we heard he was doing very well in Auckland.

On an average a student visa application assessment time is 15 days. But we have special privileges as a member of the New Zealand India Education Representatives (NZIER) group. Our student visa applications are fast tracked and we have received visas in less than 48 hours as well.

We define visa as:

V - Verifiable funds

I - Impressive English

S - Sincerity of Purpose

A - Academic or Work track record  

Because we came out with this most brilliant explanation ever of a student visa and since we know others will copy it sooner or later and make it look like their own (bloody chors), can you please, please tell everybody that you saw it first at Array? Thank you!

So stop worrying about a student visa if you are good and get started on your ‘Study & Settle in New Zealand’ process right away.

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