Recent content by vogonpoetry

Hi guys, I finally got my visa. Submitted on Nov 13th, approved on Sep 2nd. 10 months!

Hi guys, No update :( I am feeling very discouraged because I have been hearing of more and more rejections lately. One guy from Iranian recently received an email from IPG (after 14 months!) saying he is rejected because his research can lead to weapons of mass destruction! His research was...

Hi guys, I received an email from my immigration officer on friday. He apologized for the delay and said there is a backlog of applications at the moment. He said that my documents are currently undergoing verification. @niru2nz Dont worry, my case was similar. I applied on 13th Nov 2009 and...

Hi doglover, thanks for the reply. Actually that Australian guy was talking about NZ visas itself. He said that NZ visas take time and have high rejection chances especially for south indians, which is why i was worried. It can be quite frustrating because I left my job without knowing how much...

Hi guys, One of my dad's friends who's settled in Australia told me that a lot of visas for South Indian applicants get rejected! Can someone please shed some light here? I'm from Bangalore and feeling very uneasy about this... I have still not heard from my Immigration officer. I applied...

Congrats doglover!! All the very best for your research and your life there :) It would be helpful for everyone on the forum if you just wrote the step-by-step of the last phases before you got your visa. i.e. how often IPG contacted you, whether they indicated in how much time you'll get visa...

Thanks guys for clarifying. This forum seems to be the only source of support on NZ PhD visa. Can anyone please also clarify about my lack of scholarship? Are there chances of rejection for this? I have shown about 16 lakhs of funds in FDs, mutual funds, PF etc of my dad.

I have not heard back from IPG at all although I wrote to them twice and my supervisor also wrote to them. I called them up and they said that a case officer was allocated on Feb 8th, but nobody got in touch with me. I suppose this means that my case officer still hasn't got to my file. I am...

Congrats explodesh!! All's well that ends well. All the very best with your studies :) Have a great time in NZ.

Have all of you submitted your birth certificates? I was born before 1987 when it was not mandatory to have a birth certificate and so I dont have any. I don't even think that the hospital where I was born exists anymore. Please advice, I need to submit the documents soon for fast processing...

Hi guys, I received an email from IPG wellington day before yesterday saying my visa's been received at their office. They asked me to submit many documents most of which I already have. They also asked for birth certificate. I dont have a birth certificate (born earlier than 1989). What do...

No update from me yet.

brainexplode, you've done a tremendous amount of research on this, thanks a ton! Atleast there's certainty of our misery :p This is terrible. I left my job too anticipating a 1-2 month wait. 5 months will be too hard to explain away at a later stage in our careers. Its true that INZ has...

I had no idea this was the norm! Nowhere on their website do they mention so much processing time for any student visa. They say positive band A: 15 days and positive band B: 30 days. Why PhD students would not belong to any of the positive bands is a mystery. I have a friend who got an NZ...

Hi, I am going to apply for my student visa tomorrow for phd in computer science in the top uni in NZ. I was not aware that phd visa applications go to wellington for processing. This is very distressing news. My registration date is 1st Feb and I'm funding my studies without a scholarship...