Hello everybody,
I'm joining the waiting game too. Please share your experience and progress with the Wellington branch here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...5M1BBZHc#gid=0, so that we have one organized thread for this branch in the forum. Please feel free to add yourself by asking meccup here. http://www.enz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39219
I called INZ using their toll-free number to ask about the online service and the lady on the phone happened to mention in our conversation that the current processing time in Wellington branch for residence visa applications is three (!) months. The interesting word here is "current". What do they mean? This is especially interesting because in their letter they sent to me they specified that the case officer will be assigned within 16 weeks. Let alone the processing time they specify on the branch website is 9-12 months. Indeed a waiting "game".
Let us keep our chins up!