₦airaland Forum

Hannahspeck:
Looking forward to starting application soonest.

CalabarSamurai:
Update:
If you live outside the only two states in Nigeria i.e. FCT and Lagos States , try to make sure your Police Character Certificate capturing and IOM-NZD Xray and Medicals fall on the same day (if its in Abuja), to save transport costs. If you're done with the Xray and Medicals, the FCID in Abuja is a 10 minutes drive.
You are doing the General Medical Certificate (check IOM Website for the current exchange rate - $133), you can pay in person and do the test on the same day), and also the Police Character Certificate is valid for only 3 months.
All the best !

CalabarSamurai:
Ahahan where is NZD going to? Shall one dollarize PoF or leave it in Naira.

blaze007:
Hamilton. You can leave it in any currency as long as u can show atleast 4 months statement.

Saokelarin6942:
Greetings elders in the house

I am confusd on this living expenses POF of a thing for visa application.

For a PhD candidate, do I need to show proof of fund for all the 3yrs living expenses and tuition or just first year.

Someone should rescue a confused mind 😕

Thanks

CalabarSamurai:
Thanks, if you don't mind me asking, are you a student in NZ or applying?

CalabarSamurai:
There are two options - pay the tuition fee (which by God's grace I have done) and then submit the study visa application or do the AIP Route (you submit the study visa application and if successful, the VO gives you a period of time to pay the tuition fees and forward the receipt given by the school to NZD Immigration).

AIP - Accepted In Principle

unclepauly:
Do you mind sharing the required documentation for AIP?

CalabarSamurai:
In my opinion, AIP requires that you have all the money - living cost + Ticket money + Tuition fees present, then you do the usual documentation gathering for the study visa application, then submit the documents + bank statement showing all the total costs. If successful you’re given 5 days (or 10 days, or you may ask for an extension due to unforeseen circumstances) to pay your tuition fees and submit your tuition fee receipt either from the school or the third-party platform you used to pay - I’m not too sure which of the receipts you would need. From my research there may be a video interview.
But AIP is used mostly by the top five countries whose students apply to New Zealand.

Peaceful123:
Is the video interview for everyone or for those that want to seek the AIP route?

CalabarSamurai:
Most of the persons that did AIP had a video interview. In other cases, Video Interview had to do with documentation. In a particular AIP, the interview took 35 minutes and AIP was approved the next day.

Ivymich:
Please can anyone highlight the requirements to start the process? I am just trying to start, but I don't have the step-by-step requirements. I would appreciate if anyone is kind enough to show list the requirements. And how to go about it, I already have finances. Thanks

Peaceful123:
Is it visa process or admission process?

If it is admission, which degree are you applying for?

oyetunjibaba:
Same here too
Diagnostic medical sonography

CalabarSamurai:
One must give kudos to Immigration New Zealand, for the straight-forward explanation of their Visa process on their website. Kudos to the Indian youtubers too, at least the one that speak English. God grant us success in our Visa applications.

Peaceful123:
Have you applied or you are asking for the process ?

oyetunjibaba:
I'm also asking about the process

oyetunjibaba:
I'm also asking about the process

CalabarSamurai:
Fun facts while we prepare our applications or await the feedback from INZ, culled from " Offshore student visa application decision data "
Number of applications from Nigeria in 2024 - 161 with 55 approved and 106 rejected.

Peaceful123:
😮

CalabarSamurai:
Yeah. We are not even much. India, China, Nepal, Pakistan - those ones are hundred times our application numbers but with the same rate of acceptance and rejection.

CalabarSamurai:
Fun facts while we prepare our applications or await the feedback from INZ, culled from " Offshore student visa application decision data "
Number of applications from Nigeria in 2024 - 161 with 55 approved and 106 rejected.

blaze007:
What's happening all. The house looks so quite!. Any update yet with visa or admissions?

CalabarSamurai:
I think we will hear feedback soon - July intakes submit their applications in April/May. May God favor us, amen.

Peaceful123:
Amen. The visa process is well detailed 👌