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Thread: Gathering momentum for SMC Visa processing delays - talk to the media!

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    Default Gathering momentum for SMC Visa processing delays - talk to the media!

    Hi everyone,

    I like everyone else am sick of patiently waiting in the apparently unmoving SMC visa processing queue, so I thought it's time to take matters in my own hands. I do not qualify for any prioritisation, so I can almost see my application being pushed further and further down the pile, and it is certainly not a good feeling. I do not oppose people like doctors, nurses, midwives and teachers being prioritised as they are the building blocks of our society, but the fact that you can be prioritised simply because you are a high wage earner/have to be registered really does not sit well with me.

    So this morning I contacted Gill Bonnet at RNZ with my concerns and this is what she came back with:

    "Thank you so much for taking the time to write to me.

    Yes, I think you’re right that many people don’t understand the experience of being on a temporary visa and what it means for your day-to-day life.

    I received another email today with more informations, so it is definitely a subject I’ll be coming back to again soon. Erin and I have been corresponding about it for a few months and she was in one of my reports. Would you be willing to be interviewed?

    I really do think hearing from people who are affected directly is a very powerful way of telling a story. I know you have misgivings about being named, and be assured I would not name you unless you agreed. Or is there someone else in your forum who feels strongly enough about it to speak publicly? If you felt comfortable asking that is.

    Give me a call if you’d like to discuss.

    Kind regards,
    Gill"


    So please contact her if you are willing to be interviewed or send her your personal circumstances! You can find her e-mail address by googling her name. I will certainly give her a call to talk about this matter further as I'm sick of feeling like a powerless & voiceless patient queue-er!
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    Thank you for taking the time to do this @mad_wild
    I will ring Gill tomorrow and express my concerns too. Our situations seem almost similar. I don't qualify for """""internally-set criteria""""""

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    I've just emailed Gill with my concerns. And offered to call her etc with regards to this.

    I urge everybody to do the same!!! Even if it's just an email... our voices need to be heard

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    Agreed !

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    A word of caution here, everybody...

    Please remember that our ENZ forum can't get directly involved in any pressure group, and nobody must say anything to make journalists or the authorities think that we might. We're a platform which the owner provides, out of his own pocket, ONLY so that people can help one another with information. In whatever you say on the threads, make sure you keep to the forum's rules. https://www.enz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=40236 We are very careful about keeping to NZ law about immigration advice (see these threads https://www.enz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=51538 and https://www.enz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=24859) - we HAVE to be, in order to stay open, and have been checked out by the authorities to make sure of what we do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JandM View Post
    A word of caution here, everybody...

    Please remember that our ENZ forum can't get directly involved in any pressure group, and nobody must say anything to make journalists or the authorities think that we might. We're a platform which the owner provides, out of his own pocket, ONLY so that people can help one another with information. In whatever you say on the threads, make sure you keep to the forum's rules. https://www.enz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=40236 We are very careful about keeping to NZ law about immigration advice (see these threads https://www.enz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=51538 and https://www.enz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=24859) - we HAVE to be, in order to stay open, and have been checked out by the authorities to make sure of what we do.
    Hi JandM,

    My apologies again - this was in no way my intention. I had simply seen a number of people asking what they could do to speak up against the long delays and general lack of movement in processing of the SMC applications. While talking about our issues on the forum is obviously a great outlet of general frustration, all we can offer is sympathy for our fellow applicants. If someone wishes to speak up publicly about their specific circumstances and how these delays have affected them and their families I say they should have the information available how to do so.

    As I said, feel free to remove this post if you feel it breaches any of the ENZ rules.

    Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by JandM View Post
    A word of caution here, everybody...

    Please remember that our ENZ forum can't get directly involved in any pressure group, and nobody must say anything to make journalists or the authorities think that we might. We're a platform which the owner provides, out of his own pocket, ONLY so that people can help one another with information. In whatever you say on the threads, make sure you keep to the forum's rules. https://www.enz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=40236 We are very careful about keeping to NZ law about immigration advice (see these threads https://www.enz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=51538 and https://www.enz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=24859) - we HAVE to be, in order to stay open, and have been checked out by the authorities to make sure of what we do.
    Hi JandM. Who is the owner of the Forum since you mention it?

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    The owner is a very private person who prefers to keep it that way. I only have contact with him by PMs. He put together all the information on the other part of the ENZ site. https://www.enz.org/

    mad_wild, there is nothing you need to apologize for in what you've written. I put the warning up because when people's emotions are running high, it doesn't take much for things to be said which could cause problems for the existence of this forum. It's fine to talk on the forum about your plans to protest, but it needs to be clear that the forum is not organizing anything.

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    Hey guys. I have a phone call booked with Gill on Monday. Please list your points that you want to get across, incase I miss anything out....

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    P.s I hope this post is OK. Please delete in not allowed @jandm

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