bookemjano

I'm going round in circles here - so I thought I'd just stop getting myself tied in knots and ask the ones in the know - BritishExperts.com

What can I expect to pay for school fees in NZ? One lad of 15, one girl of 13, want them both to go to a co-ed school together. Are they counted as international students or not if we're on a visitors visa? I've e-mailed a couple of schools asking this but haven't had a response.

Help!

Pinkie Pie

Hi Jan

Best thing to do on this one is to pm a member called Rascal...who has kids of various ages at school in NZ...and will be able to tell you all about the costs involved!!!

Just my thoughts, but I have a funny feeling that if you are on a visitor's visa and your kids apply for students visas that you may have to pay international fees BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR THIS - It's just my personal thoughts - I'm no expert you know!!!

uk+kiwi

I would suspect that all those without PR/citizenship would classify as international students. Thus I would predict that a vistors visa attracts international school fees. Sorry. I do wonder though whether international fees would be refunded once this came through? Bit of a long shot though admittedly if this is the case.

Just my personal opinion though based on what I have read, you may of course be told differently .

good luck.

bookemjano

Bugger! Wonder if anyone would notice me doing Penny For A Guy a couple of months early?

Pinkie Pie

or selling cookies at the car boot sales...

bookemjano

Could try that, but I suspect the cookies won't make it to the car boot sale, I have a particular weakness for them! Might have to do some busking. It will be allright, they'll think we're the Krankees.

80s Chick

Jan you're scaring me. There was a 'real photos of us' thread on here somewhere, we demand proof!

Phyl

bookemjano

Hee hee, I shall find a photo and post it. I'm 5', Steve's 6'. Nuff said!

On the condition that people chip in for the school fees it looks like I'm going to have to pay!

Pinkie Pie

Jan, had another look at students and it looks like your kids will be classed as domestic students if you or your husband are holders of a work permit...see here..http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migra...ly/default.htm.

So you might not need to go busking after all if you manage to land jobs and get work permits before applying for their student permits!!!

However, if you go on visitor's visas I still think that in order for your kids to get student permits that the international student fees will be applicable...

I would check with NZIS though just to be on the safe side...

bookemjano

Mmm, looks that way, I'll stop looking for my tartan trewsers then.

Thanks Caroline!

shepslady

Fingers crossed that you dont have to pay international student fees for them because when we had an international student living with us (going back several years now too) his fees for High School were something like $8,000:scared: Hope someone else with more up to date information can help you with a more current fee!.

planty

found it for you, :scared:

planty

and here's your Web site

http://www.thekrankies.cwc.net/

:scared:

Come on tell me what I'm doing wrong, why didn't that picture come up and the crab picture only came up as a thumbnail on the other thread!!!! Other people are getting big pictures up......

Pinkie Pie

it has to be in the right format with the img brackets round it planty but even then with some pics it won't work...I've just popped it on for you while you were posting this!!!

if you open a photobucket account and load your pics onto there it is really simple to then get them on here, I mean it must be simple coz I can do it and best of all - it's free!!!

planty

What's a photobucket account? and where do you open it?