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Thread: SMC residence visa time scales

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    Default SMC residence visa time scales

    Hi
    I am about to submit my ITA with 220 points and a job offer in Timaru to the london office.

    What are people experiences of time to approval and arrive in NZ? I have searched the forum and most seem to talk about time scales without job offer being longer than with.

    Thanks

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    Since the reorganization of the INZ website, they no longer give estimated processing times for individual offices, only this. https://www.immigration.govt.nz/abou...sa-application

    If you are in a hurry to get to NZ and start working, I suggest you should apply for an Essential Skills work visa, or Work To Residence if the employer is accredited, as well as Residence under SMC, because the work visas get processed much more quickly.

    The more points you are claiming, the longer your Residence application will take to be processed, because every piece of evidence has to be verified. With a job offer, you only need 100 points. Just claim what you need, and things will go faster.

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