[Carey]

OK, OK, I know I'm being impatient but has anyone else who was selected on 26th March, got 'Decision successful yet? How many times can one check the on-line status a day?!?

[dusk]

ours took nearly two weeks, I know it seems to take much longer when you keep checking though doesn't it? :)

[Mels]

If I'm allowed to be impatient, who me?, then so are you Carey :yes

I'm sure you will be fine as you have oodles of points, try to chill, I have no experience of this of course, :laugh but I've heard from other formites that wine helps :D

Mels

[Rusty]

I'm sure you'll here soon, they are just busy trying to allocate my ITA early:D

[Rorschach]

Good luck Carey!
I'm glad you posted, because we are in the same boat as you (selected 26th Mar, although with fewer points), awaiting a 'Decision Successful' to appear on-line!
I've currently restricted myself to checking just twice a day....oh ok, one more time won't hurt...
Post again once you have it, so I'll know when to expect ours :), or not :(

[randy101]

I'm also in the same boat!! Selected March 26. I check twice a day too!

[argonaut]

Same situation here old fruit.....

Although the website is down today....grrrrr!

[Mels]

I think we broke it :uhoh

note to self - must not look at web site more than 4 times a day :exit

Mels

[Chaz]

I checked it earlier - was still 'selected'. Hope it comes through soon - I have rather expensive medicals to attend on Friday which I might delay if this doesnt come through.

Then again - we are hoping for a job offer, pending and interview with Vodafone. Recruiter seems to think the chances are good - trying to not get my hopes too high just yet.

Also need to do NZQA QRS, damn expensive too. Somehow need to find a way to get 'older' work history to show experience for this ..... argh.

[britzy]

Me too :roll .Trying to check just the once,I'm not one for waiting neither,yet to book our medicals or put the house on the market!.job offers start june but can be deferred.
Helen

[Carey]

Well what-a-yer know? Postman arrived this morning with a package ! Yes our ITA arrived! And NZIS still says 'Selected'; or it did last time the website wasn't down! So assume it will say 'decision successful' in due course?

Who cares, I've got the document in my paws now! Then I noticed that passports have to be valid for a year and my son's runs out in Jan 09, so off to renew asap.

Woo-hoo, this really is happening now!

Good luck to everyone else who is waiting for ITA's.

[JandM]

:raebanana :cheers :raebanana

[Chaz]

Well what-a-yer know? Postman arrived this morning with a package ! Yes our ITA arrived! And NZIS still says 'Selected'; or it did last time the website wasn't down! So assume it will say 'decision successful' in due course?

Who cares, I've got the document in my paws now! Then I noticed that passports have to be valid for a year and my son's runs out in Jan 09, so off to renew asap.

Woo-hoo, this really is happening now!

Good luck to everyone else who is waiting for ITA's.

I suspect your job offer might have helped with the 'urgency'.

[Carey]

Based here in Uk? Look at location top right! Or where we are going in NZ?

[dusk]

good news :D

[Chaz]

Based here in Uk? Look at location top right! Or where we are going in NZ?

I edited my post after noticing that. Sorry - still a noob on this forum and didnt look first.

Im in Ireland - so was just thinking of postage time etc - but still, reckon its related to the job offer more so. I hope to be hearing from Vodafone NZ soon regarding the role(s) applied for so that we can make progress on this ourselves.

Doing medical on Friday, Xrays on Tuesday.

Police clearance (Ireland) applied for - should take a week or two.

Just need to do the NZQA element, then we are ready for ITA and/or travel etc pending work offer etc.

[dusk]

hmm i would be careful doing your medicals before your NZQA assessment as those has been known to take several months to be processed.

[pooria]

Hi
EOI Submitted 16 FEB 2008
Staus : Deciscion Successful

What dose it mean and dose enybody know how long should i wait

[dusk]

that means you have passed the first stage and should be receiving your ITA in the post soon
congratulations :D

[argonaut]

EOI Website still having problems......interesting that they date the bulletin that they are aware of the fault as 9 April 2006

[randy101]

Just checking in to see if any of you chosed on March 26th have heard anything yet...

[argonaut]

Nothing yet, still checking website twice a day......

[Chaz]

Not here yet either. Doing medicals early next week - hope its not too early or a waste of money. Didnt hear from my pending recruitment either. Oh well.

[argonaut]

Any news.....?

None here yet.......

[Chaz]

Nope :-(

Doing medicals tomorrow in preparation for a quickie when the ITA comes. Hope its not €650 down the toilet.

Expecting (or rather hoping) to have some form of a job offer in the near future.

[Rorschach]

Aarrgghh...... still 'Selected' (since 26th Mar)!

Does anyone know how long it normally takes after you have been 'selected' before you get a 'decision successful'?

[dusk]

deepnds how busy they are and if you have a job offer...

[randy101]

I'm getting impatient!!
:)

[Chaz]

Got a letter from NZIS indicating that we had been selected, no news there. They do however indicate that we have been handed over to the London branch and will be assigned a case officer there once our info checks out.

This seem normal enough?

[dusk]

yep, that's pretty standard :)

[baz]

Just checked this morning and it now says "Decision Successful"

:D :)

[JandM]

:clap :nice1 :clap

[dusk]

congrats baz :D

[baz]

Oh, and the paper work arrived from the New Zealand Embassy in London today :)

[Chaz]

Oh, and the paper work arrived from the New Zealand Embassy in London today :)

Havent read thru all of it - with or without job offer?

Ive got a job offer myself on Thursday - need to post a question about it - might as well ask here as its semi relevant.

My EOI is in and can be expedited via the London office on the basis of a job offer. What forms / info do I need to fax them in London for this? Would a copy of the offer suffice or do I need to complete forms such as 1015 / 1113? Do I select the WTR option for this if I need to complete form 1015 (Application to work in NZ)?

[baz]

With a job offer,

just reading back, we submitted on the 9th April, so quite quick so far :)

[Chaz]

Was your offer submitted at the time of the actual EOI or after, such as might be in my case?

[baz]

Was your offer submitted at the time of the actual EOI or after, such as might be in my case?

Yes, the EOI had the job offer in it.


Didn't realise you had to pay the levy when you paid for the application...

more money! :yes

[dusk]

Chaz - depends what stage your EOI is at - have you been seelcted from the pool yet?

If not, just update the EOI and resubmit, if you have been selected from pool you will need to contact someone at NZIS. At this stage all you need to supply is the stuff it asks for on the EOI (if you can view the online form you should be able to work out what is needed) probably just details of the job offer, the employer and what LTSSL category it comes under (if any)

no need to fill in any additional forms or change stream to WTR if you want PR though.

[Chaz]

Chaz - depends what stage your EOI is at - have you been seelcted from the pool yet?

If not, just update the EOI and resubmit, if you have been selected from pool you will need to contact someone at NZIS. At this stage all you need to supply is the stuff it asks for on the EOI (if you can view the online form you should be able to work out what is needed) probably just details of the job offer, the employer and what LTSSL category it comes under (if any)

no need to fill in any additional forms or change stream to WTR if you want PR though.

Yes, selected on the 26th of March, currently in waiting for ITA or similar.

[dusk]

selected or decision successful? if you're at 'selelcted' then you're still in the pile to be looked at and the job offer will definitely help move things on ;)

I see someone has also replied in another thread on this with the fax in details, I'd follow that route at this stage if I were you :)

[Chaz]

Selected, not Decision Successful (yet).

Thanks - noted on the other thread. Just looking for the exact elements that need to be on the Offer of Employment.

[dusk]

I think ...
you need to prove it is full time (or a contract of over x months)
that it is 30+ hours a week and has a salary of over $50k
and possibily that it is on the long term/short term list.

but I'm not sure that is everything you will need, offhand anyway ;)

[randy101]

Yeah!! Decision successful today!!

:clap

[Genie]

:raebanana Congrats on that:raebanana

[dusk]

congrats :raebanana

[JandM]

:raebanana :cheers :raebanana

[Chaz]

Yeah!! Decision successful today!!

:clap

Nice one. With or without job offer? How many points did you have?

[randy101]

125 points with no job offer. 10 bonus points for have a qualification in a long term shortage area.

[Chaz]

Anyone else hear anything? I should have an official job offer late this week, early next, but nothing yet on the basis of application without a job offer.

[Rorschach]

We're were also selected on 26th Mar (145 points; no job offer) but still haven't heard any more.
As it's now been 6 weeks, I'm starting to wonder what they will say....

[Grey Granite]

Hi guys

It says on the website that it takes 2 - 6 weeks for them to check out our points total submitted. Our decision successful came thru almost exactly 6 weeks on from the 'selected' status, ie 12 Feb selected, to 30 April 'decision successful'. Hang on in there...

I am just getting all my ex-employer letters out today asking them to confirm from when, to when I was employed, average weekly hours, and job title.

I sent them a proforma letter with all the relevant dates, names (married twice) etc and an s.a.e. and I gave them a near 3 week deadline. Hopefully the bigger companies will turnaround quickly, its the wee ones that dont have dedicated HR depts that probably wont! Doh!

One very good way to distract yourself from the waiting is to draw up a plan and work backwards from your expected departure date, write in all the stuff you'll need to do to get your house ready to sell, and the garden and the garage, and the car, and the motorbikes, and ALL the admin stuff you'll need to do (finance, cancel direct debits, mailing lists, make up address lists) bla di bla... that'll keep you focussed!

I like lists! I stress I wont remember things if I dont write them down. Mr Granite, on the other hand, stresses when he sees what we still need to do before d-day

Good luck!

[Rorschach]

Thanks Granite!

quickie: you were selected 12th Feb or 12th Mar? You have both dates showing. I assume 12th Mar as 6 weeks later is 30th April.
Also, was that enough points, no job offer?

It's good to know though - looks like the rest of us impatient lot might hear soon....:clap

[randy101]

Received our ITA in the mail last week! So now we're wondering...what in the heck are we doing??!! But are excited to move forward. FBI reports came back, now just preparing documentation.............and stopping drinking for a bit to hopefully have a clean liver test!

[dusk]

ooh congrats :) yeah teetotal the week before the medicals won't hurt :)