NZ PhD Student Visa, 5 Month Processing time

The country was India. I applied for a visit visa as a Canadian citizen. Since I was born in Pakistan, they wanted to run a background check on me. That background check took 22 months to complete.

brainxplode said:
@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?
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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...
 
@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..
 
@doglover... thanks so much.. i am sure u too would be getting your visa ASAP.. i told you.. its just a matter of time..
 
@explodesh


I am still waiting for visa, moreover I lost the hope to get it ever( applied on 7 august 2009)

What about others?
 
Hi Pranav

We are in the same boat, I am also going to Massey university, kindly sent some of your contact details here, we will be in touch, I applied on 7th august 2009, still waiting.
 
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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 get visa soon.
 
explodesh said:
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 get visa soon.
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Congrats explodesh!! All's well that ends well. All the very best with your studies :) Have a great time in NZ.
 
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 very worried about the long wait.

Another doubt: did you guys pay the fees before applying for visa? My consultant had advised me not to pay fees before applying, and only to show funds. But later I read somewhere that somebody's visa was rejected because he didn't pay fees. And I don't have a scholarship either. Does that mean a longer waiting time or higher chances of rejection? Please help!

This link that brainexplode shared a while ago states that student permit applications are processed in 30 working days. What is the difference between a student permit and visa? I thought we applied to both simultaneously...?
 
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