OpacificaGlobal Education

Who We Help

Four situations we see most weeks.

We work with students and families in Canada and Brazil who are treating study as the first step of a longer plan. If that describes you, the conversation is usually productive.

In Canada, already

The student whose programme no longer carries work rights

You are in Canada on a study permit, or holding an offer, and have since learned your field falls outside the current post-graduation work permit criteria. The question is whether to finish, transfer, or restart somewhere the rules still reward the qualification.

In Canada, deciding

The family comparing offers before committing money

Deposits are due and the household is weighing a Canadian college diploma against a New Zealand degree. You want the two pathways set out honestly, including tuition and living costs over the full period, before a payment becomes irreversible.

In Brazil

The applicant who wants an English-speaking route that still ends in residence

You are looking outward from Brazil and have heard the Canadian route has narrowed. You need credential recognition assessed, an English band plan, and a realistic view of what a New Zealand degree plus two to three years of skilled work does for your residence prospects.

Mid-career

The professional using study as a route, not an end

You have five or more years of work behind you and are considering a master's or a professional qualification because of what follows it. We will model whether your occupation appears on the Green List and whether the salary thresholds are achievable in your city of choice.

Where we help most

  • Degree-level study, where the post-study work visa is strongest
  • Fields with a credible line to a Green List or shortage role
  • Applicants who can evidence funds properly and want the file done once
  • Families who want the downside stated as clearly as the upside

Where we are the wrong fit

  • Anyone wanting a guaranteed visa outcome — nobody can offer that
  • Applicants seeking the cheapest course regardless of what it leads to
  • Destinations other than New Zealand; we do not advise on them
  • Work visas with no study component, which sit outside our practice

The four cities this usually comes down to

Where you study decides what you can earn afterwards, and residence points are earned through employment. So the city question is not a lifestyle question — it is part of the file.

An Auckland street at dusk, wet pavement reflecting warm light toward the harbour

Auckland

The largest graduate employment market — tech, health, construction and finance. Highest rents, shortest job search.

Wellington's terraced weatherboard houses climbing the hillside above the harbour, university buildings on the ridge

Wellington

Public sector, policy and screen production. Small, walkable, and the easiest city for professional networks.

The bluestone Gothic Revival clocktower building at Otago beside the Leith stream on a wet southern day

Dunedin

Otago: medicine, dentistry, health sciences. Lowest cost of living of the four, and a genuine campus city.

Christchurch rebuild architecture in timber and glass beside a braced stone facade on an empty street

Christchurch

Engineering, agritech and the long rebuild. Strong trades and technical demand, flat and easy to live in.

A New Zealand university courtyard in warm late afternoon light

If you are not the right fit, we will say so on the first call.

We cap the number of files we take each intake. That only works if we are honest early about who we can genuinely help.

Not sure which of these you are?

That is a fine reason to book. Twenty minutes is usually enough to place your situation and tell you what the realistic options are.

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