School fees

[gingerdingo]

Hi all,

Can anyone tell us if we arrive in NZ on a WTR visa will we have to pay school fees, ie are our kids classed as International Students ?

Thanks
Nick

[JandM]

I think from memory - but a search on old threads would bear this out or not -if you get a WTR visa for two years or more, your children would be entitled to student visas for a matching amount of time, so wouldn't be classed as international students.

[gingerdingo]

Thanks again
Nick

[IanW99]

Hi all,

Can anyone tell us if we arrive in NZ on a WTR visa will we have to pay school fees, ie are our kids classed as International Students ?

Thanks
Nick

Depends on the age of the children.

WTR visa allows you to pay domestic fees for school children but you have to pay international fees for tertiary education.

BTW, are you talking about the proper WTR that you apply for, or the one that you get if you apply for residence but are offered WTR instead? My info is for the 'proper WTR'.

Ian

[amy71]

We arrived in Auckland in Jan 2010 ( last year ) on a 9 months WTR. Our kids attended Meadowbank Primary School in Remuera as domestic student. They were 9 and 7 years of age.

No school fees required apart from the small misc expenses for trips and other stuff. There is the donation bit which varied from school to school.

Amy

[gingerdingo]

We arrived in Auckland in Jan 2010 ( last year ) on a 9 months WTR. Our kids attended Meadowbank Primary School in Remuera as domestic student. They were 9 and 7 years of age.

No school fees required apart from the small misc expenses for trips and other stuff. There is the donation bit which varied from school to school.

Amy

Thanks Amy

[Mick & Martina]

Hi,

We are hoping to get a SMC visa as Mike's occupation is on the LTSSL.... this may be a stupid question but, does anyone know if the same may apply, as in our children will be domestic students?

Thanks

Martina

[JandM]

Skilled Migrant isn't a visa - it's a route through which you apply. If successful, your whole family mentioned on the application will have Residence visas. Your children will be domestic students. As the others have mentioned above, NZ schools have a system of 'donations' - sort of morally obligatory payments - but they're at nothing like the level of private school fees. http://www.minedu.govt.nz/Parents/Al...Donations.aspx

[Mick & Martina]

Thanks for that JandM, all the different visa routes can get a bit confusing!