Immigration New Zealand expands Funds Transfer Scheme options for international students
What happened
Immigration New Zealand announced a change to the Funds Transfer Scheme, which allows eligible international students to transfer and hold money in New Zealand. BNZ will now operate alongside ANZ as a participating provider under this scheme. This addition applies only to students enrolled at universities and polytechnics. Students attending Private Training Establishments must continue using ANZ.
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Why it matters
The change provides eligible international students from covered countries, including India, with a choice between two financial providers for managing their study funds in New Zealand.
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Who's involved
- Immigration New ZealandGovernment agency that announced the change to the Funds Transfer Scheme
Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.
- Ministry for Ethnic CommunitiesSpeculative
Eligible international students might have different options regarding the costs or funding mechanisms for transferring money into New Zealand.