Hi all!
So what happens is that I've been on a student visa for two years, met my Kiwi partner and well, we have a child just born here couple of months ago!
Anyways, I've applied for a partnership work visa in Feb this year and got accepted.
I've just applied for residency and it has been lodged at the Christchurch branch last Wednesday, fees paid etc...
I've provided the same evidence as my partnership work visa and some more, like our recent family trip to Brisbane, etc...
My question is, how long will it take for it to be processed if everything goes fine? Like will they have a pile for residency applications that are likely to be done and dusted real quick or will I be queued behind more complex applications? Also, is the evidence for partnership work visa the same as residency visa under the partnership category?
If they estimate the processing time to be short (say, I've provided everything and they're satisfied), will they still contact me with who's the Case Officer I've been assigned to?
Just hoping that it will be sorted soon, but any advice would me much appreciated.
Cheers