The Country’s border is closed to many travellers and entry is strictly controlled. Student visa holders can no longer enter New Zealand. Exceptions to the border closure can be made by Immigration New Zealand for exceptional circumstances only. Also, the Goverment of New Zealand has now released border exception that includes partners and dependents, in line with current visa requirements. For the same, all travelling students must pay Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) charges. Priority will be given to eligible students who: are enrolled in PhD programmes; will hold or have held a visa to study in 2020 have been unable to enter New Zealand due to COVID-19 are enrolled in a qualification that involves practical components (for example, medicine, veterinary, engineering, laboratory sciences, agricultural research); cannot progress or complete their study while offshore. Any students returning under this border exception will be required to spend a mandatory 14-day period in government managed isolation and quarantine facilities and take a series of COVID-19 tests on arrival.