Originally Posted by
satty02
Well, I have a different answer, as you are eligible to apply for PR based on your WTR and completion of 2 years, one thing to remember is "WTR and SMC are in the same queue and to get a CO it's taking 21 months" so if you were to apply for PR today your application won't be allocated to CO until 21 months (based on current timeframes, and it can increase or decrease) unless you meet priority criteria which is basically if you earn 106K/year or have 51 NZD PH pay rate or your profession require registration in NZ (which I am guessing you don't meet otherwise your application would have been in priority queue already) if you believe you are meeting the criteria now, can ask INZ to prioritize your SMC now.
Hi Satty,
Thanks for your reply. Yes, I understand that if I apply again via WTR I will be thrown at the back of the queue and I have no intention of doing so unless it's the last possible option.
My main reason for asking this was to make sure that if there is a threshold I don't miss it because when it comes to INZ you just can't risk anything, I have been bitten once and don't wish it to happen again.
Unfortunately, I don't meet the priority criteria just trying to cover all bases to make things easy once I get a CO.