New Zealand

FTS stands for Fund Transfer scheme. In this scheme, student has to transfer his living cost of NZ 15000 to ANZ Bank after his AIP.FUND TRANSFER SCHEME The student needs to transfer the living expense of one year to a bank account (ANZ Bank) in New Zealand, in addition to paying the tuition fee. A student needs $15,000 to pay the living costs for each year of study in New Zealand. This is the minimum amount the student needs to transfer to the FTS account. The tuition fee should be deposited to the university after receipt of AIP, from the funds shown in the Visa file. The amount deposited as FTS will be locked for twelve months and is then drip-fed to the student on a pre-arranged basis.

New Zealand is considered as an ideal study abroad destination for Indian students due to its lower annual tuition fees and low cost of living for many courses. The living expenses in New Zealand are cheaper than any other study abroad destinations like Canada, the UK, the U.S, and Australia. Approximate Cost of the Course at Universities:

• Undergraduate – NZ$20,000 – NZ$25,000
• Postgraduate – NZ$19,000 – NZ$40,000

Approximate Cost of Living: NZ$13,000 – NZ$15,000 per annum

AIP stand for Approval in Principle. AIP is initial approval received from NZ High Commission. It contains list of conditions which needs to be completed in order to be eligible for final visa stamping.

Our education system reflects our unique and diverse society, which welcomes different abilities, religious beliefs, ethnic groups, income levels and ideas about teaching and learning. We have processes in place to give our students consistent, high-quality education at all levels.Most children stay at school until they’re around 17 years old. The education system for schools is made up of 13 Year levels. Your child’s primary education starts at Year 1 and goes to Year 8 (around 5–12 years of age). Your child’s secondary education goes from Year 9 to Year 13 (around 13–17 years of age.

An international student pursuing a full time course at a DLI institution with a valid study permit having length of more than 6 months is eligible to work both on campus and off campus.During the studies,student can work 20 hours per week and can work for 40 hours per week during vacations.They can earn anywhere between 11 CAD to 18 CAD per hour and a lot of students cover their living expense and some amount of their tuition fees from their part time work.After completion of their studies,international students need have a valid work permit to work in Canada and have option of 1-3 year of stayback depending on the length of their program in Canada.

Studying and graduating from Canada brings lot of career opportunities for international applicants.Many applicants are interested to apply for permanent residency due to the career growth and good quality of lifein Canada and moreover governmet of Canada also retains foreign applicants who graduated from their institutions.Canada welcome applicants to apply for both temporary study and work visa and permanent residency both.International applicants can apply for permanent residency through below given options:

Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) : Each of Canada’s provinces and territories ,except Quebec and Nunavat,operate its own PNP program with different streams.For example,of you have a job offer in Ontario then you can apply PR through Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program.

Canadian Experience Class (CEC) : Any international Student who has studied 2 year full time and have atleast one year of work experience in a full time skilled position may qualify for PR under this category.

Federal Skilled Worker Class : This program takes several factors apart from work ecperience such as age ,Language ability,skills etc for processing.

OL stands for offer letter which is an acceptance for international student who applied for his further studies in Canada.COL stands for Conditional offer letter and which is also a form of acceptance but with some conditions mentioned on the offer letter and student has to complete the conditions before moving forward.LOA stands for Letter of Acceptance which is obtained once the tuition fees is paid to the college.Some Canadian institutions offer LOA at the very fist stage and some offer LOA after the tuition fees is paid and it depends the type of college/university student is applying for.

GIC stands for Gauranteed Investment Certificate which offers a guaranteed investment over a fixed period of time.International students are required to open up GIC account and pay CAD 10200 as their living cost for one year which will be paid to them on monthly basis once they reach Canada.This GIC service can be taken from any one the banks like Scotia Bank/ICICI Bank / SBI Canada /HSBC / Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

Canada makes a large investment in its education system. In fact, Canada is one of the world’s top education performers and among the top three countries in spending per capita on public post-secondary education, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Canadian Education is generally divided into primary education, followed by secondary education and post-secondary. Within the provinces under the ministry of education, there are district school boards administering the educational programs.

Qualifications offered to international Students :

• Certificate level for one year
• Diploma Level for two year
• Advanced Diploma for two or Three year
• Bachelor Degree for three or four year
• Graduate Certificate / Postgraduate Diplomas for one or two year
• Doctorate or PHD for four to seven years