Permanent Residents

New Zealand permanent residents, and Australian citizens or permanent residents, who are not currently resident in New Zealand are not classified as domestic students.

They therefore do not attract SAC funding and are not eligible for learner access to student allowances or the Student Loan Scheme as detailed in Rule ENR011[1].

While under Rule ENR002[2] citizens of Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau are classified as domestic students, permanent residents of those countries are not; they are classified as foreign students.

• [1]

  Rule ENR011: Domestic student status - Permanent Residents studying overseas - invalid enrolments

  New Zealand permanent residents, and Australian citizens or permanent residents who are not currently resident in New Zealand, are not domestic students for Student Achievement Component funding.

• [2]

  Rule ENR002: Domestic student status - general

  For the purposes of Student Achievement Component funding the following learners have domestic student status:

  • A New Zealand citizen, which includes citizens of the Cook Island, Niue and Tokelau
  • A New Zealand permanent resident currently living in New Zealand
  • An Australian citizen currently living in New Zealand
  • An Australian permanent resident who has a returning resident’s visa and is currently living in New Zealand
  • Certain exchange students (see Rule ENR003)
  • Diplomatic personnel and certain dependants (see Rule ENR004 and Rule ENR005)
  • Members of the armed forces of any country, on duty in New Zealand at the request of the New Zealand Government, or a crew member of a related transport craft
  • Certain persons involved with Antarctic scientific programmes or expeditions, while in the Ross Dependency
  • A learner with refugee status who is required to undertake a prescribed course of study or training to satisfy residency requirements
  • Persons with a Limited Purpose Permit, awaiting determination of their immigration status
  • Certain persons under the age of 18 placed under the care of the government department responsible for administering the Child, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989
  • An international student enrolling in a recognised Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme in a New Zealand university from 19 April 2005 and supervised by a leading New Zealand university researcher (see Rule ENR006 and Rule ENR007).