Non PR student Uni fee's?...
May 13th 2011, 1:06 pm
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Re: Non PR student Uni fee's?...
Depending on what country you come from, I think you pay the uni your COUNTRY's LOCAL TERTIARY RATE but in NZ dollars. Eg if it costs 6000 of your currency to study a semester, than it would be 6000 NZ in NZ for that semester. Check this out carefully, but it should be something like that.
Hello All,
Can anyone give me a ball park figure.
We have 18mnths to 2yrs before we get PR. My 16yr old girl, well 17 in Aug is aiming to go uni at the end of College etc here in NZ.
Im guessing i will won't be able to get a reduction on student fee's/loans etc..
Anyone gone through this?..
As ever, Thanks,
Gary.
Can anyone give me a ball park figure.
We have 18mnths to 2yrs before we get PR. My 16yr old girl, well 17 in Aug is aiming to go uni at the end of College etc here in NZ.
Im guessing i will won't be able to get a reduction on student fee's/loans etc..
Anyone gone through this?..
As ever, Thanks,
Gary.
May 13th 2011, 8:03 pm
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Re: Non PR student Uni fee's?...
I'm no meanie, just don't see why I should take on a $20k plus (x4) debt to further their education. I think kids (adults actually by that age) should be taking on this responsibility themselves and they are more likely to succeed and persevere with a course if they understand the meaning of paying it for themselves - the sense of achievement will be far greater at the end of the degree than those who get everything handed out to them by the bank of mum and dad.
May 13th 2011, 8:41 pm
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Re: Non PR student Uni fee's?...
I work at University of Auckland and have been looking at going back to university to retrain so have been doing some research.
If you have PR then you will pay domestic rates no matter how long you have had it. The problem comes down to student loans. You are not entitled to student loans until you have had PR for 2 years.
If you don't have PR then the international fees vary according to the course studied. For an example unitec's international fees can be found at this link.
http://www.unitec.ac.nz/?1C2059AC-14...E-D4A712C8C143
If you have PR then you will pay domestic rates no matter how long you have had it. The problem comes down to student loans. You are not entitled to student loans until you have had PR for 2 years.
If you don't have PR then the international fees vary according to the course studied. For an example unitec's international fees can be found at this link.
http://www.unitec.ac.nz/?1C2059AC-14...E-D4A712C8C143
May 13th 2011, 9:17 pm
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Re: Non PR student Uni fee's?...
Depending on what country you come from, I think you pay the uni your COUNTRY's LOCAL TERTIARY RATE but in NZ dollars. Eg if it costs 6000 of your currency to study a semester, than it would be 6000 NZ in NZ for that semester. Check this out carefully, but it should be something like that.
see other posts about domestic fees: NZ University fees are agreed with their Councils and then government
May 14th 2011, 6:13 am
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Reading the original post again, your daughter's presumably got another year at school. Why doesn't she take a gap year after that, travel the country, earn a few dollars by which time you should have PR, she should have a few of her own dollars behind her and 'whoever' would only have to pay domestic fees? At this point she will also see if she actually wants to go to uni.
Given the current outcry over student loans, I can see them not existing in 2 years anyway, but at least you'd be paying domestic fees and she'd be able to help pay her way and have a year experiencing what's on offer in NZ first (unless of course she spends it all during the year!).
Given the current outcry over student loans, I can see them not existing in 2 years anyway, but at least you'd be paying domestic fees and she'd be able to help pay her way and have a year experiencing what's on offer in NZ first (unless of course she spends it all during the year!).
May 14th 2011, 6:19 am
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Re: Non PR student Uni fee's?...
Reading the original post again, your daughter's presumably got another year at school. Why doesn't she take a gap year after that, travel the country, earn a few dollars by which time you should have PR, she should have a few of her own dollars behind her and 'whoever' would only have to pay domestic fees? At this point she will also see if she actually wants to go to uni.
Given the current outcry over student loans, I can see them not existing in 2 years anyway, but at least you'd be paying domestic fees and she'd be able to help pay her way and have a year experiencing what's on offer in NZ first (unless of course she spends it all during the year!).
Given the current outcry over student loans, I can see them not existing in 2 years anyway, but at least you'd be paying domestic fees and she'd be able to help pay her way and have a year experiencing what's on offer in NZ first (unless of course she spends it all during the year!).
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May 14th 2011, 10:56 pm
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Re: Non PR student Uni fee's?...
Reading the original post again, your daughter's presumably got another year at school. Why doesn't she take a gap year after that, travel the country, earn a few dollars by which time you should have PR, she should have a few of her own dollars behind her and 'whoever' would only have to pay domestic fees? At this point she will also see if she actually wants to go to uni.
Given the current outcry over student loans, I can see them not existing in 2 years anyway, but at least you'd be paying domestic fees and she'd be able to help pay her way and have a year experiencing what's on offer in NZ first (unless of course she spends it all during the year!).
Given the current outcry over student loans, I can see them not existing in 2 years anyway, but at least you'd be paying domestic fees and she'd be able to help pay her way and have a year experiencing what's on offer in NZ first (unless of course she spends it all during the year!).
Thanks all..
