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Hi joseph, Don't worry about this step taken by Immi. If they found some abnormalities then they will definitely check further on your reports. If only your health reports is forwarded to Wellington then you need to wait a little. Once they approve your application on grounds of your health...

Hi Narrendar, Congrats buddy for the visa approval! Same goes on my side. Got the approval in Oct 2015 itself. All the best! Regards, Rahul

Hi Diadoran, If your visa is approved and you have received visa approval letter from your visa/case officer then you need to send your passport to Immi NZ Mumbai for visa endorsement on passport. It will hardly take 3-4 days depending on queue. Regards, Rahul

Hi Vaidyaraj, Once your application is reviewed in Immi NZ Mumbai. It will be sent to Wellington for further processing and your passport will be sent back to you before your application sent to Immigration profiling branch (IPB) in wellington. You need to wait a little until case officer...

My visa was approved in 9 months (submission of visa application to visa endorsement on passport from immi nz). Finally received and approved in Oct 2015.

Hi Diadoran & Robomishm, Its nice to see both of you here.

Dear Narrendar, Hierarchy is depend on the level of verification and number of documents submitted, its purely case-by-case basis. If your application is with IPB in wellington, then visa-officer/case-officer will be allocated to your application once you clear the managed queue. In my case, its...

Hey Narrendar, Average processing time is 6-12 months. I have submitted my additional docs in March,15 (first week) however i am still expecting visa officer allocation for my application in Aug 2015. As there are lot of pending applications with IPB, your application will be in managed queue...

Hi Ashu, Congrats for the offer in University of Canterbury. Well, as per my experience for PhD student visa. It generally takes 6 to 12 months of processing period. I have seen PhD student visa applicants who has received their visa in 6 months but at present there are lot of applications in...

Dear Syed, Thanks for the post and sharing your experience with me. I think my case is just like you and i need to wait until next year Jan because its already Aug now (8 months since i applied for my visa). Wish you all the very best for PhD. Regards, Rahul

Hi all, I'm from India and I've applied for PhD student visa in Dec 2014. When my application is sent to IPB (last week of Jan 2015) in NZ wellington they have asked for additional documents twice & returned my passport. I don't think I have anything left now to send them because they have...