This is my first post here; Just a bit of intro(timeline) about our NZ SMC.
EOI submitted(without job offer) : 19 - 05 - 2014
EOI selected : 28 - 05 - 2014
ITA Received : 05 - 06 - 2014
Application Sent(to Shanghai branch) : 10 - 09 - 2014
Received by INZ : 17 -09 - 2014
CO assigned : 01 - 12 - 2014
Our application is still in process.
So when I asked about our application status in January; CO replied saying "We have already completed the initial assessment of your application and are currently in the verification process of your documents on file".
Then I asked again in April as I haven't heard anything from them; and the reply was "Please note that at present your application is still in the verification stage".
So we are waiting, waiting and waiting....
I have few things to know if anyone can help me:
1) Why the verification takes so long? Is there anything that I can do to speed up? Like, contacting my precious employers and check if they have got anything from INZ, if so ask them to do it asap?(I don't want to contact them if CO didn't send them for verification) Do they contact our employers to verify(because my employers haven't asked me anything about it; so I was thinking CO didn't send them anything(yet) for verification?
2) How long does it take to move from verification stage to next stage normally?
Thanks in advance