Immigrating from the US
Hello everyone,
This is my first post ... although I have been lurking for > a month ... gathering LOTS of great info ... thank you everyone who posted re: EOI.
We hopped into the pool in early November and were fished out on the 7 November draw ... yeah! We had one quick e-mail exchange with an officer from London and then received our ITA in early December (dated from NZIS as 29 November) ... double-yeah!!
Today we've sent off for police checks (16-18 weeks in the US), updated passports (4-6 weeks unless "expedited") and a duplicate diploma from hubby's University (unknown timeframe, but we've asked them to please be quick), which is for the NZQA assessment (20 business days unless "expedited").
Everything is going smoothly, but I wish we had started a lot of this paperwork *while* waiting to get the ITA ... I guess that would have been taking a chance that we would get the invitation ... but my advice would be that if you are confident that you have enough points ... get started gathering these things early ... I'm concerned that we're going to have to beg for an extension (our deadline for ITA submission is late March '08).
If anyone has questions about how to do these things in the US I'm happy to share our experience (had a small SNAFU regarding the fingerprints).
Cheers,
Kathy (& Bryan) ... hoping to be settling in Auckland by Spring '09
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