[voth30]

Hi everyone,

Just need a little help from those who do not have job offers and have their PR approved.

I have received my ITA in early Dec and will only be able to submit them late Dec / early Jan due to medicals, police reports, meeting lawyers, etc. Was wondering how long will NZIS process the application from ITA sent to PR approved. This will definate help me in planning for my move to NZ.

Thanks in advance.


Vincent

[lindajax]

hi voth,
I can only speak from a uk perspective but from submission to recieving pr it was approx 4 weeks BUT we had applied before and been refused so were very familiar with our case officer - i had job offer with statr date and flights were booked - i dot know if this will help but lets hope so !!!
good luck
Love Linda

[westie]

We heard back via the case officer 3 weeks after we sent our application off. We are still waiting for our passports back and expecting them any day now. We might go and collect them if it gets too near to xmas rather than trust them in the post.
maria

[wayne]

I applied for my PR in april and had the OK by july and that was with some health queries (diabetes type 2)

[voth30]

Hi Wayne,

Just a little query. When you mention that you submit for PR, did you submit your EOI or ITA in April?

The other thing is that I am also a Type 2 diabetic like you but my last 2 blood tests showed that it is under control (HBA1C is 6.5 which is under the excellent range). What was your readings and did NZIS penalise you in any way(ie did they ask for your medical records, request for blood tests, etc).

Thanks in advance.

Vincent

[wayne]

whats EOI and ITA??
when I had my medical because my BMI was too high I had to have a glucose tolerance test which showed I was type 2 with a hbaic of7.7 after a change of diet and a loss of 1.5 stone my last reading was 6.1
NZIS wanted me to have my blood sugar monitored for6 weeks, and their health guy wanted a letter from my GP stating my health status and copies of my printouts.
All in all it was a scare but it did me good I dropped from 18.5 to just under17 stone my bmi is stillabove the benchmark but they are happy, and although it added another £150+ for all the tests I am happy too.
and as My wife and sons hold NZ passports I'm glad it was only me that we had too pay for :P

[beah]

Hi Wayne,

EOI stands for expression of interest while ITA, stands for Invitation to Apply.

[wayne]

Oh thanks I wondered what all that was about,I/we havent done much research about how to move to NZ as I had a PR 25 years ago(I was 19 then)and we lived in NZ for a year before returning to the Uk.
well this easter we just thought" lets go back to NZ" so I went to NZ house and said" will my old PR be OK and they said no and gave me the paperwork to start it all over again

[Diny]

Wayne

Am I right in thinking that you are applying for PR under the family partnership category, seeing as your wife and kids have NZ passports?

That's the route I'm taking too. I put my application in, complete with everything they requested, i.e. passports, police checks, medicals etc etc, on 24th September (that's when it landed on their desk. I heard back on 28th that everything had arrived and was all present and correct.

About 3 weeks ago (can't find the letter to tell you the exact date) they contacted us with a query. My husband had got his sponsorship form witnessed by a GP and apparantley this is not accepted. So we got a new page signed by a solicitor and sent it back by return of post. At that stage we were told that everything is running OK and that PR should be issued within 6 weeks. So in my reckoning, we should get the thumbs up within the next 3 weeks. Allowing for the Christmas break I imagine it will be a little longer than that.

So far - from the day we posted everything off, a fraction under 3 months. I have heard of people taking this route and getting their PR much quicker than this, but I have heard of cases taking up to 7 months too. Just the luck of the draw I guess.

Hope this helps.

Diny

[wayne]

Diny My wife had to have her signing of my sponsor form witnessed by a "notable" person or commissioner of oaths,I'm afraid doctors teachers are not good enough Why we dont know?? Expect to pay between £10 - £25 for that signature :( :(

[Diny]

It's OK Wayne - got it all sorted the very same day, and it cost us £5.00.

Can't understand why a doctor isn't classed as a notable person.

Diny

[Annierobrigado]

hi diny

maybe because a doctor's too accommodating sometimes, so maybe immigration people think doctors will note for just about anybody. just guessing. i don't presume to know what immigration people think. :laugh

but hey, good luck, and hope to see you in nz soon! we're still waiting for that invitation thing. :hopeso

annie

[Diny]

Thanks Annie

NZIS ...... a necessary inconvenience.

Hope you get your ITA soon - hang in there.

Diny

[veronica]

The odd thing about this to my mind is that generally we are known by our doctors but not by a solicitor! You would think the doctors would be better.

[Diny]

Well exactly.

The doctor who signed Mark's original sponsor form has known me since I was a baby. Knows my family, my history .... just about everything. Obviously he's only known Mark for the last few years since we moved back to my home area - but at least he knows him more than a very young, freshly out of uni solicitor who had never clapped eyes on him before he walked into her office.

Nowt as strange as red tape.

Diny