Rule ENR004: Domestic student status - Diplomatic personnel and their families 

Type:

Rule or condition

Diplomatic personnel, their dependent children and other family members are entitled to domestic student status if they are citizens of a country with which New Zealand has a reciprocal agreement on tertiary fees and meet one of the following:

• In the case of diplomatic staff, are not engaged in full time study
• In the case of family members, form part of a diplomatic staff member’s household
• In the case of a diplomatic staff member's dependent children, are less than 21 years of age on 1 January of the year of study. 

Note: Learners in this situation must apply to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Protocol Division for domestic student status on form MFA 605. The Protocol Division will advise the tertiary education organisation directly of the learner’s entitlement to domestic student status for the current year.