I just logged into the immigration.govt.nz website to see, on off chance, whether our work visa and SMC applications were on there- not sure of processing times etc.
To my surprise, there's a work visa on there for my husbands passport number, status "APPROVED". It says it expires August, so I'm taking it that this is actually the work visa being granted, and we can go?!
One question though: there's no mention of me or my passport number on there. We've applied for me together a partnership based temporary visa, so it all hinges off my husband. If there's no mention of me on the website, does that mean I don't yet have a visa?
Desperate to know!
(Also gobsmacked as to processing time for work visa. If this does mean its approved and ready to go, it took 1 and a half days from forms arriving to being granted. That must be too fast, surely?!)