International Students
An international student is defined as one who stays in New Zealand on a student visa or permit.
Devonport Primary School is a signatory to the Code of Practice and accepts international students subject to a number of conditions. At present the school has been required to adopt an enrolment zone and cannot accpet any new long term international students.
However we can accept students who come for a short stay group visit. Students must be10-11 years of age and may attend school for up to 4 weeks at a time.
Unlike long term students, where it is a legal requirement that all international students live with one or both parents or a legal guardian during their time of enrolment at our school, group students may be hosted by school families.
Our group visits are organised through HelloNZ hellonzedu@gmail.com.
All students are placed in a class at their year level and encouraged to participate in all activities as a member of the class. Pupils also receive tuition in English and are usually withdrawn from the class for part of the day for this purpose. As we only take 10-15 students at a time, children get more opportunities to practice English in a small friendly class groups.
Please read the Code of Practice summary English Korean, other school information and/ or contact the school.
School policies and procedures for DPS Code of Practice
Information for parents in regard to group visits
Contract for group visits
All international students require a study visa and/ or study permit issued by the New Zealand Immigration Service. This permit gives permission to study at Devonport Primary for a specific period of time. As it can take up to 6 weeks to obtain these permits we recommend you enrol early so that we can issue a letter for immigration to begin the permit process.
Please note a permit is required for all international students including those whose parents are on a work permit.
For group visits, students are required to be listed on the group visa.
Full details of visas and permit requirements, advice on rights to employment in New Zealand and reporting requirements are available through the immigration service and can be viewed on their website at www.immigration.govt.nz