ITA April 2019

[toughbloke]

Getting the conversation rolling for ITA Submissions in April 2019 for SMC Residency Visa with Immigration NZ Manukau Office.

Points Claimed: 190

Timeline:

EOI Submission: 10/02/2019
EOI Selection: 20/02/2019
ITA Received: 25/02/2019
ITA Lodgement: 11/04/2019

Current Status: In queue for CO Assignment. And by the looks of it might be end of the year towards the Christmas break.

[onyiking]

Or Mid January because of December break if not first week of February
I didn't mean to scare you haha

[VedSaumya]

Or Mid January because of December break if not first week of February
I didn't mean to scare you haha

That is scary. Mine was lodged last week of March, points claimed 170, and was expecting CO to be assigned by end of September or early October. Do you really expect it to be that late?

Thanks,
Ved

[toughbloke]

That is scary. Mine was lodged last week of March, points claimed 170, and was expecting CO to be assigned by end of September or early October. Do you really expect it to be that late?

Thanks,
Ved

The current time for CO Assignment based on the other threads is around 200 days approximately. So I believe 6-7 months is to be expected as of today. But again there is no said timelines, it may be before/after. Best is to keep fingers crossed and wait.

[toughbloke]

Or Mid January because of December break if not first week of February
I didn't mean to scare you haha

IKR. It's just that there is nothing that can be done. All we can do is wait. I'm covered for another two years in terms of Visa. So I'm taking it cool and waiting for things to move.

[EGoodhue]

Update today from INZ Manukau Immigration Manager: it's taking 213 days (or 7 months & 1 day) for them to allocate SMC applications to a CO from lodgement date (they are allocating applications lodged on 7 December 2018 to Immigration Officers today).

[toughbloke]

Update today from INZ Manukau Immigration Manager: it's taking 213 days (or 7 months & 1 day) for them to allocate SMC applications to a CO from lodgement date (they are allocating applications lodged on 7 December 2018 to Immigration Officers today).

Thank you for the update Ms. Goodhue. You've been really helpful. This means I'm looking at another 125 days to CO assignment as of today. Just hoping the timeline is not pushed any further. Thanks again for your continued contribution in this forum.

[EGoodhue]

It appears that the allocation of SMC applications to Immigration Officers has come to a grinding halt - upon enquiring about the date that applications were lodged that were being allocated to IO's on Monday this week, I was told by an Immigration Manager at Manukau that applications lodged on 7 December were being allocated. This has not changed since Monday 8 July. When I enquired further as to why it appeared allocations were not happening at all, the IM referred to "staff shortages" but I do not believe he is being honest. I believe it has more to do with the fact that INZ now has more Residence applications on-hand for processing than there are now spaces left for approved Residence under the NZ Residence Programme until 31 December 2019. Unfortunately, no one at INZ is being honest enough to confirm this, but this news article more or less confirms it: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/07/1...XP6RuTrE5vEZI#.
I will check in with INZ again for an update next Monday and see what the story is then.

[toughbloke]

It appears that the allocation of SMC applications to Immigration Officers has come to a grinding halt - upon enquiring about the date that applications were lodged that were being allocated to IO's on Monday this week, I was told by an Immigration Manager at Manukau that applications lodged on 7 December were being allocated. This has not changed since Monday 8 July. When I enquired further as to why it appeared allocations were not happening at all, the IM referred to "staff shortages" but I do not believe he is being honest. I believe it has more to do with the fact that INZ now has more Residence applications on-hand for processing than there are now spaces left for approved Residence under the NZ Residence Programme until 31 December 2019. Unfortunately, no one at INZ is being honest enough to confirm this, but this news article more or less confirms it: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/07/1...XP6RuTrE5vEZI#.
I will check in with INZ again for an update next Monday and see what the story is then.

Is it for the calendar year or Financial Year? If it's on the calendar year on the brighter side they should be able to clear all backlogs before they start assigning applications to CO's again which means it should be a bit faster to process. All I can do is look at the positive aspects and hope that the situation is resolved soon. Fingers crossed. And thanks a ton for keeping the anxious members of this forum updated.

[Roger89]

It appears that the allocation of SMC applications to Immigration Officers has come to a grinding halt - upon enquiring about the date that applications were lodged that were being allocated to IO's on Monday this week, I was told by an Immigration Manager at Manukau that applications lodged on 7 December were being allocated. This has not changed since Monday 8 July. When I enquired further as to why it appeared allocations were not happening at all, the IM referred to "staff shortages" but I do not believe he is being honest. I believe it has more to do with the fact that INZ now has more Residence applications on-hand for processing than there are now spaces left for approved Residence under the NZ Residence Programme until 31 December 2019. Unfortunately, no one at INZ is being honest enough to confirm this, but this news article more or less confirms it: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/07/1...XP6RuTrE5vEZI#.
I will check in with INZ again for an update next Monday and see what the story is then.

What I don't understand is if immigration wants to slow down, why the number of EOI keep being selected.
The values below are from the Immigration website:

EOI People
25/07/18 554 1222
08/08/18 500 1112
22/08/18 555 1301
05/09/18 570 1222
19/09/18 608 1360
03/10/18 592 1280
17/10/18 591 1293
31/10/18 560 1258
14/11/18 709 1458
28/11/18 569 1291
12/12/18 504 1096
23/01/19 1080 2482
06/02/19 558 1241
20/02/19 597 1311
06/03/19 635 1394
20/03/19 663 1465
03/04/19 635 1390
17/04/19 626 1386
01/05/19 542 1213
15/05/19 648 1348
29/05/19 651 1481
12/06/19 616 1371
26/06/19 662 1444
10/07/19 581 1240
Total 14,806.00 32,659.00


https://www.immigration.govt.nz/abou...=&q=&s=dd&l=30