[Kiwi-In-Texas]

We have two questions in regards to PR Visa:

1. How long does it take to get confirmation of PR Visa after you have sent
in the application forms etc? We would need to know from anyone who
has applied for PR Visa through the New Zealand Embassy in
Washington DC. We are applying for my husband under the Partnership
Category.

2. Once a PR Visa has been issued, how long do you have before it has to be
activated? We need to know this as we have to sell our house.


Thanks in advance,


Suzanne and Ron. :)

[CJ22]

1/. Varies enormously. It depends if they have any queries about you application (e.g. medical). It can be as little as 4 weeks, it seems.

2/. You have 6 months to activate it, iirc.

[Kiwi-In-Texas]

Many thanks for your reply. My husband hasn't taken his Medical as yet, but will be sometime this month. He has been working on getting his waist measurement to the required 102cm or 40" .

We hope to be in NZ by September at the latest.

Suzanne and Ron.

[Park City Partner]

I applied for PR via Partnership through the DC embassy. It was very easy and my case officer was great...his name was John Duncan...very helpful on the phone and quick to reply to things...

As I recall and looking at dates on files I used...I applied in mid-October and very shortly after the application was asked for clarification/more stuff...after he received the info. he told me that my application would be approved in early January to coincide with the year anniversary of our joint bank account being opened. I was going to be in DC in January so when I was there I stopped in and got everything stamped into my passport. Super Easy!

Good luck

[IanW99]

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2/. You have 6 months to activate it, iirc.

Is this for a PR from partnership route? Is it different from a normal PR?

Normally when you get a PR you have 12 months to activate the visa which starts from when the visa is attached to your passport, you have upto 6 months to provide your passport so it is possible to delay entry into NZ for upto 18 months.

Ian

[urban78]

Is this for a PR from partnership route? Is it different from a normal PR?

Normally when you get a PR you have 12 months to activate the visa which starts from when the visa is attached to your passport, you have upto 6 months to provide your passport so it is possible to delay entry into NZ for upto 18 months.

Ian

I applied for PR under partnership and had 6 months to pay the migrant levy and 12 to enter NZ.

[Kiwi-In-Texas]

Many thanks for all your replies. The information you provided was very helpful.
We are applying for PR for my husband under the partnership category.
I have phoned the NZ Embassy in Washington DC a few times and have always found them to be extremely helpful with any questions we had.

It is good to know we have 12 months for my husband to activate his visa as we don't know how long the house will take to sell.
Ideally we would like to be in New Zealand by September at the latest.

Cheers,

Suzanne and Ron.

[mgf]

I dealt with John Duncan as well in getting my WTR and Student Visas for my kids. He was extremely helpful.


M

[Airways Ed]

An application to DC for PR under the parent policy (probably not a high priority) made in January was acknowledged in seven weeks.

[Wahlet]

What's this about getting PR through Washington DC? My ITA came from London as I thought was the case for all US applications, and I've been directing all my correspondence to London.

I haven't had any problems with working with the London office, my visa officer Maxine Long has been responsive, and I just returned my ITA (Skilled Migrant Category) to her on Monday. But it would have been nice to avoid the cost and time of sending it to London, if I had the choice...

[Jo Jo]

Wahlet, the Washington office only deals with certain types of visas, but SMC applications from the US have to go through the London office.