Dependent Child Student Visa

Apply for this visa to bring your dependent children to study at primary or secondary school in New Zealand.

Your child must be financially dependent on you or your partner. We will consider your child dependent if they rely on you for financial support, and they are aged: 17 or younger, or 18 or 19 with no children of their own.

If your child is 18 or 19 with no children of their own, we may ask you to provide supporting evidence, such as: school receipts showing you are paying daily expenses, like mobile phone, clothes or food bank account details showing you are paying your child an allowance receipts for big purchases and travel for your child.

You must provide evidence that confirms you are the dependent child's parent. This can include: a birth certificate adoption papers any other documents that confirm the relationship.

If the child is entering New Zealand for adoption, you must include a cover letter explaining this. To get this visa, you must provide evidence that: their adoption application is before the New Zealand Family Court and is supported by Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children the New Zealand Family Court has granted an Interim Order for their adoption, or their adoption application is through an intercountry adoption process under the Hague Convention and is supported by Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children, and at least one of the adoptive parents is a New Zealand citizen or resident.

Custody of children aged 15 or younger You must have the legal right to take your dependent child out of their home country.

You must have an appropriate work or student visa.

Your child must be financially dependent on you or your partner. We will consider your child dependent if they rely on you for financial support, and they are aged: 17 or younger, or 18 or 19 with no children of their own.

If your child is 18 or 19 with no children of their own, we may ask you to provide supporting evidence, such as: school receipts showing you are paying daily expenses, like mobile phone, clothes or food bank account details showing you are paying your child an allowance receipts for big purchases and travel for your child.

You must provide evidence that confirms you are the dependent child's parent. This can include: a birth certificate adoption papers any other documents that confirm the relationship.

If the child is entering New Zealand for adoption, you must include a cover letter explaining this. To get this visa, you must provide evidence that: their adoption application is before the New Zealand Family Court and is supported by Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children the New Zealand Family Court has granted an Interim Order for their adoption, or their adoption application is through an intercountry adoption process under the Hague Convention and is supported by Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children, and at least one of the adoptive parents is a New Zealand citizen or resident.

Custody of children aged 15 or younger You must have the legal right to take your dependent child out of their home country.

have enough money to pay for your child’s living expenses during their stay, or have an acceptable sponsor or guarantor

The expiry date of this visa will normally be the same as the expiry date of the supporting parent’s visa.