[Syed]

ITA submit: 2 Sep 08
Interview: 6 Mar 09
WTR invitation: 2 Apr 09

It was Quick
Shanghai Office is printing PR for us, and we are in uncertain condition.
Happy for you, Good luck :clap:bluebanana

[williamtoh]

Congratulations, Syed!!! http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/images/smilies/blooonana.gif

[JandM]

And another round of applause! :bluebanana:cheers:raebanana

[rizjunior]

Congratulations! Syed did you get PR?


Shanghai Office is printing PR for us, and we are in uncertain condition.
Happy for you, Good luck :clap:bluebanana

[Syed]

Congratulations! Syed did you get PR?

No no.... not yet
As it is taking longer and getting closer, we are expecting PR... we are assuming that special stuff is in printing queue.. ;)

We are almost there, optimistic and positive.. thanks for congratulations
Count down is in progress

[sekilau]

Thank you for all of you.
My CO told me they will send my passport with WTR visa back to me 2 weeks after I provide complete information to them.

[rizjunior]

So Shanghai office issues WTR instead of PR.

[sekilau]

Read what does the Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman said last month.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/employment/news/article.cfm?c_id=11&objectid=10565393

If that's what he said, it seems we are very luck on getting WTR.

[Syed]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/employment/news/article.cfm?c_id=11&objectid=10565393

If that's what he said, it seems we are very luck on getting WTR.


New Zealand takes 45,000 permanent migrants each year, most of them in the skilled migrant category. Thousands more arrive on temporary permits to work in industries in which their skills are deemed by the Department of Labour to be in short supply.

A record 188,000 temporary work applications were approved in 2007-2008, an increase of 13 per cent from the year before

As for as I can understand, the talk is about temporary work visas, while hopefully PR or PR-> WTR applicants will not be affected.
I also read somewhere here, that after Australia's decision to cut immigrants, New Zealand will not reduce its planned migrants nos.

[rizjunior]

What I was saying that Shanghai and Beijing branches mostly issue WTR while NZIS London issues PR, so a kind of discrimination in my opinion. After the whole immigration saga, applicants in Shanghai and Beijing will be offered WTR while in London PR. It seems double standard compared to immigration processes of Canada, UK and USA.

[Ben10]

Not only that, On average Shanghai office took 1 year to process an PR application, most of the applicants got their interview a year after their applicant lodged. then couple of month for the decision and most likely WTR at the end. Beijing office is slightly better, on average 6 months, these two branches process mostly application from Asian Countries.
I feel like the Asian applicants have been discriminated right on the front door. This is my opinion.:cool:

[ple60]

ITA submitted mid July, 2008
Acknowledgement letter said decision within 6 months.
Within 4.5 months ask for further medical details.
Submitted info with no feedback from CO.
Interview yet to be arranged.
No job offer.
Very soon it will be 1 year.
Only get a response from CO if take the trouble to call them.
For Beijing Branch SLOW is an understatement! or r those guys overloaded?

[rizjunior]

Beijing and Shanghai branches should be named as TURTLE branches.

[malangjan]

:clap ha ha....thats the most appropriate name for these branches.