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Vocational Trainee Student Visa

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What education or training is this pathway designed for?

Trainees awarded a New Zealand Short Term Training Scholarship by Manaaki New Zealand Scholarships, or nautical students.

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What type of institution/course must accept or enrol the applicant?

Scholarship trainees train in a government agency, private establishment or tertiary institute; nautical students (working for a shipping company) study a nautical programme full-time at Manukau Institute of Technology.

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  • https://www.immigration.govt.nz/visas/vocational-trainee-student-visa/
    train in a government agency, private establishment or tertiary institute, if you have been awarded a New Zealand Short Term Training Scholarship, for the duration of the award study a nautical programme full-time at Manukau Institute of Technology, if you work for a shipping company

What are the most important financial or study-related conditions: tuition, funds, insurance, full-time study, attendance or equivalent?

Nautical students need a paid place (tuition fees paid) at Manukau Polytechnic and a letter from the employing shipping company guaranteeing living costs and departure; scholarship trainees need evidence of their Short-term Training Award scholarship.

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Can the student work? Under what major restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

Can work part-time up to 25 hours a week during training or study and full-time in all scheduled holidays; no self-employment. Partner and children cannot be included but can apply for visas based on the relationship.

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How long does the status last, how is it renewed, and what officially documented post-study work or residence possibilities exist?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the duration, renewal and post-study work or residence options.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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