Originally Posted by
s.sharma
Almost been an year when I first thought of applying under SMC and started preparing for EOI in Dec 2013.
And finally, patience paid well off and I got SMC Visa approved in principle today on 17th Nov 2014.
Though I could not become an active member of ENZ but I know & understand the value of information shared by members here.
My big thanks to all those who are involved in maintaining & growing this forum with valuable information; especially JandM - the admin & moderators.
Following were the milestones:
PAR Applied | Received - 17th Dec, 2013 | 20th Dec, 2013
EOI Submitted | Selected - 23rd Dec 2013 | 8th Jan 2014 (150 Points w/o job but including my partner)
ITA Received - 14th Feb 2014
IQA Sent | Received - 16th Feb 2014 | 21st May 2014 (this step took considerable time)
PCC for native country Applied | received - June 2014 | Sep 2014 (this also took considerable time)
CO Assigned | Interview - Aug 2014 | Sep 2014
Submitted Pending Docs - Oct 2014
Visa Approved - Nov 2014
Cheers!
Congrats!! Happy for you!