NZ set to be “fully open” to internationals for 2023 academic year
New Zealand's five-step border opening plan has been welcomed as a "positive step" for international education, with normal student visa processing set to resume from October 2022.
New Zealand's five-step border opening plan has been welcomed as a "positive step" for international education, with normal student visa processing set to resume from October 2022.
A hold on processing most temporary visas in New Zealand may decimate the number of international students allowed into the country this year, tertiary institutions are fearing.
Education stakeholders have suggested the plan to open New Zealand borders from April 2022 places the country's providers at a competitive disadvantage.
Policy makers in New Zealand are looking to be proactive in using the disruption to the international education sector as a result of Covid-19 to orchestrate a fundamental reset.
Comments made by the New Zealand government about China have been labelled "groundless accusations" by Beijing, with fears tensions could impact the country's $5bn international education industry.
New Zealand and China have signed a refreshed agreement on qualification recognition and information sharing at a joint Education and Training meeting.
New Zealand universities are preparing to welcome students back on campus for semester 1 in February, but with a greatly reduced international student population.
New Zealand has announced a reopening of borders to 1,000 tertiary-level international students who were caught offshore when border restrictions began, which has been widely welcomed by stakeholders.