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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @all Now rules for visa processing has been changed. Couple of my friends got visa with in a month after the visa offcier was allocated. The people who started this forum underwent old policy and that is the reason of lot of delay. Otherwise there was no problem in my and other people...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @ikr Congrats on your visa. Normally I think there is no problem of accommodation. U should book some temporary place for 5-6 days. These places are quite cheap. Then go there. As here in NZ u may have to sign a lease which means that you cannot leave place till end of year. So it's better to...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @vogno. Don't be discourages man. There are rejection cases but you should not be disappointed. Rejection and acceptance goes everywhere. Keep one thing in mind that your verification can easily take 4-6 months. This is the normal range. Mine took round about 5 months. One of other colleague...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @DOGLOVER I am fine and good. NZ is a good place. What about u ? When u r coming NZ. Well by the way I am in Otago. When you come by then let me know and we will have a good time. Its very good to see that this thread is still alive. @NIRU You should send multiple emails to your visa officer...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @dglover Congrats a lot!!! Every one gets visa for 1 year Initially. It is extended from NZ then. Now just make preparations and leave :)
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    Finally my visa has approved yesterday. I applied for visa in May 09 and it took about 10 months to get visa approval. This forum has helped me a lot as I used to think that I am the only one who is suffering delay in visa. Well best of luck to rest on this forum. I hope that you all will...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @doglover Still waiting for completion of verification. What about u? Any update from others!!!
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    I am still waiting for the completion of verification. What about others? @Forevermark. I hope that you have got Visa till now and will be preparing to go to NZ. Good luck !!
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @Brian. You are right that we are not the ones in trouble. How much quickly someone get visa officer allocated to the application is by luck. Someone gets it in a month and some one in 2-3 months. However once visa officer allocated then visa application processing starts actually :). I...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @forevermark I am also getting the same response from Officer that my docs are under verification. There is no information available regarding the verification time. I searched a lot but no information has been found. So if some one has information regarding that then plz share with us on...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @brian. I also got the same reply that your application is under standard verification. I am also fed up of this waiting . . . . :mad: But can't do anything. I can just pray for the best for all of us. What about others update except brian?
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    hey guys!!! Any update from your side. Nothing new from my side. We should keep this forum active. As there will be others who can benefit from it. As this forum has helped me a lot !!! Before this forum i thought that I am the only one who is facing the problem.
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @brain Yes you are right. We can Pray and hope for the best tomorrow.
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    @brian Well in my opinion tomorrow's day is very important. As my friend got visa approval from NZ on that day. Bcz work wraps up before the weekend. So let's hope for the best :)
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    One thing I can say that is ""BEST OF LUCK"" to everyone on this forum. We all facing the similar situation :D
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    My friend applied somewhere in end of Feb 09. He was told via email that visa has been approved in end of Aug 09 like 20 or 21st by Wellington NZ Visa offr. Officer had done all coordination with the NZ Embassy Bangkok and replied with this information. That's it. Well I am also hoping the...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    My friend also used to get same reply from officer that you will be contacted. Normally it took 2 months for him for documents verification. He was asked to submit docs up to 15 June. He got visa notification in mid of Aug. So do they take 2 months on average for verification??? That is...
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    NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

    Thnx for all such information. I am from SRILANKA. One of my friend in SRILANKA had applied for PhD visa in Feb 2009 and got visa in Aug 2009 i.e. within 6 months. Our applications go to Bangkok, Thailand and then forwarded to Wellington for processing. My application was responded by Bangkok...
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