got a birthday present from nzis today. a nice package of materials including our full approval letter and our passports with our residence visas attached. 325 days after we decided to make the jump and started working on our expression…
no – we didn’t get an htdv. we’re still hanging on to our 11 year old sony that won’t seem to die. but we could have a nice shinny new hdtv with the money we have spent on the immigration…
woohoo! i checked the nzis site for the bazillionth time this morning and whadya know – our eoi was officially approved (“decision successful”) and we can now expect and ita (invitation to apply) in a few days. amazing timing since…
the 25th (the latest in a series of missed targets) has come and gone and no word from nzis. it will be 3 months in 1 week. if we don’t hear anything i’ll give nzis a call – although i…
so i have officially started the 2 week countdown. high cranky potential if we don’t hear by the 25th.
ah – my childhood innocence. after 2 weeks i was sure it would just be another week before we heard. well – we’ve now crossed the 2 month point and no word. i mentioned before that there is a great…
i’ve checked my email several times for the ita, but there’s nothing. maybe the email server is down? it has been over 24 hours since the eoi was selected and we haven’t heard anything. sure, i know it can take…
woo hoo! seems we look good in the eyes of a number crunching kiwi computer. now we wait for a full review of our eoi by nzis and an invitation to apply. this should be easy since i’m so good…
one last set of changes, a final review and we hit the submit button. then the screen popped up asking for NZ$300. not likely to be the last expense. start: 14-JUL-06, day 1EOI submitted: 31-JUL-06, day 17EOI selected:ITA received:ITA submitted:interview:PR…
getting there. i started filling in the on-line eoi application and once again i’m impressed with the nzis site. very easy to jump around in the application. it keeps track of what sections are complete and has a running tally…