Originally Posted by
JandM
I've just had a thought about this. It was only in 2010 that INZ changed the names of visas. Before that, the visa you got when successfully applying under SMC was called Permanent Residence. There are quite a lot of official bodies that still haven't changed their paperwork and/or web pages since that time. Universities NOW mostly say that people are entitled to be counted as domestic students if they are Residents, as that is government policy, but the information used to say they had to have PR, i.e. the old name for this visa. I'm wondering if it may be asking if the information about the training you want to do is behind the times on this point. After all, a person with Residence has the entitlement to stay in NZ for ever - the travel conditions only govern re-entry, not staying there.
Thanks for the info, I wasn't aware. I'll look into it. Just put my EOI in today so hopefully I'll get some update soon.