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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @doglover... thanks so much.. i am sure u too would be getting your visa ASAP.. i told you.. its just a matter of time..
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @Triple Citizen... thanks for all your wishes... i have just received my passport with the visa stamp on Dec 28, 2009... :) so thats a good news once again for me..
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @Triple Citizen, thanks for your wishes.... I am so happy.. :))
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    Hey, finally my visa getting approved! May 25, 2009 to Dec 22, 2009 7 months... gosh! but i am so happy... probably the best christmas gift ever... i hope you all too get your visa ASAP.. thanks to all.... :) BRAINXPLODE...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    Wellington branch closure over Christmas and New Year holiday period. Our office will close at 1pm on Thursday, 24 December 2009 and reopen at 9.00am on Tuesday, 5 January 2010. For emergency matters, please call the Immigration Call Centre on 0508 55 88 55...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @Triple Citizen, you waited for 22 months for a visitor visa??? gosh! for which country? Do you mind sharing your experience of it in here, citing the reason for which the delay took place? I am so sorry for that delay, anyway.
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @Triple Citizen, Thanks for sharing the infos. BTW, do UK and US/Canada share infos. Any idea?? :) I think, they don't except a few watchlists and blacklists. You got any idea on this???
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    Immigration NZ, Wellington Branch has just updated their Processing Time Webpage, but unfortunately it is for Student Permit and not Visas. There is no proper and authenticated information on student visa processing timeline available anywhere on the web. :-(...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @Triple Citizen, got it. Thanks, BTW, do they share infos regarding all visas or just some specific cases, like refugees/ some other critical cases? Cuz on August, there was a common treaty involving US, UK, Canada, Australia that they would share biometric/fingerprint infos of certain visa...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @Triple Citizen.. Is that possible that a full scholarship student's name can be found on a security database?? I mean, those guys, heaven's forbid are all like geeks, i really doubt if they would partake in these kind of security breaches. But, again, i never know. I am an inexperienced kid in...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @Triple Citizen, Thanks for your post. I appreciate your clarification on the decline reason. Nevertheless, can you kindly highlight the security and immigration intent related concerns in details in here, so that it would also help other forum members? Thanks for your time, cooperation and...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    Guys i got this important document on the student visa success/decline rate from the Immigration NZ, Beijing Website. Check it out!!!! The surprising fact is that i found that a small percentage of applicants who received full scholarship were also declined. This is very surprising indeed...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @Renuka First of all, take my advice, don't worry... Just go through the above posts and you would come to know how to contact Immigration NZ through a proper channel. In this way, they certainly reply. I adviced this to other forum members too and they got replies. Second, Your visa officer...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @vagonpoetry I have submitted my birth certificate, i too didn't have one.. Got it done from the Municipal Corporation. It took a day. I think, they have computerized records of every birth. I too was born just before 1987 :-)) In case, this doesn't work out, get an affidavit notarized by a...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @forevermark, dude... i have confirmed from my undergraduate school, my previous employers, the University abroad, where i went for my internship etc. The embassy, did not contact anywhere. I know that they won't check visa stamps, since they are already stamped on your passport, but what...
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