[leslie]

has anyone moved beyond eoi stage?

[Lipper]

:( No still waiting.

Have taken a bit of gamble and booked flights for April - figure that me and my family have a good case and when we arrive getting job will speed it all up anyway.

Looking forward to hearing about the September 29ers to start receiving their ITA

[Lipper]

:P Immediately after posting my last note, checked my status and it has changed to Decision Successful!

[cloudboy99]

:P Immediately after posting my last note, checked my status and it has changed to Decision Successful!

You mean you don't check it every five minutes and when you first log on? Geesh some people... :P

Congrats!

[leslie]

thanks to you just checked and whoaaaaaaaaaa! hurray. am looking into rates for shipping via container so will post tomorrow when final quote in. city boys man u are getting a good drubbing by the country boys so its a perfect end to the day.

sept 29ers... success at last. patience is a virtue (although virtue is its own punishment)

so sweet, victory. so much to do... am having an oprah moment

[jhsay]

I'm a Sept 29er. Decision Successful came to us on Nov 29/30 then the ITA pack arrived on Dec. 23. Our case officer is from Bangkok.
We hope to submit the applicationbefore January ends.

-jinkee

[Dave & Sandra]

Nothing here yet :roll:

[leslie]

at least we know they are coming. was starting to wonder...

while its great to able to pull everything together we are still in limbo - thanks to security clearance from canada. i haven't even been able to verify if they recieved it in early dec - going mad. if they did and their grand statements of 150+ processing days are correct the earliest it will come is LATE APRIL.

everything i've read from potential canadian immigrants says NIGHTMARE. puts nz into perspective...

[ToadFish]

We are September 29ers - here's our latest:

135 points No Job Offer

EOI submitted Sept 27
EOI selected Sept 29
Decision Successful Jan 13
ITA pack received Jan 19 (registered post to Switzerland)

UK police certificates took 3 weeks (max) to come back when we applied in October. Swiss police certificates on their way. Medicals about to be booked with our local panel doctor.

Tony & Ruth

[Ria]

We too were picked on 29th Sept. Our stats are:

EOI submitted: 20th Sept 2004
EOI selected: 29th Sept 2004
Points: 105, No Job Offer (prof. grad, part qual accountant)
Decision Successful: 20th Dec 2004
ITA dated: 31st Dec 2004
ITA received: 6th Jan 2005 (no case officer though)
UK Police checks applied: 8th Jan 2005
Medicals booked: 4th March 2005
Overseas Police check: 7th Feb 2005
Will submit ITA: Before 2nd April (re new med system)
Plan to be in NZ: Sept 2006 (or before)

Have no idea why some seem to move quicker than others. Initial letter from Singapore, but ITA package franked from NZ House in London. May have to submit application without overseas police check, not to miss 4 month deadline and also not to have to undergo new medical procedures from 4 April 2004.

For those hoping to book medicals soon, the centre I'm using in Cambridge said they would stop all NZ medicals by first week in March, so as to have a distinct gap between the new and old system. So if anyone's going to book soon, you should check with your chosen centre ASAP incase they are doing something similar.

Good luck to all :hopeso