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7 hours ago, Kiwigirl19 said:

Yes, it really has been long and tiring. How was your experience with this whole visa journey? 

Our first file date was Feb 2017 for this visa. I told them I plan on traveling around beginning of december (because my annual contract with work ends mid Nov). I know my visa is approved, atleast Ive been verbally told that it is twice, but the longer it takes to get to me the more of a time crunch I have for finances getting tighter, and organising everything else. 

 

Just wondering, did you ship any of your belongings to the states? If so which company did you use? I dont have much, atleast no furniture or big things.

Its nice to make a connection with a kiwi on here, as there dont seen to be very many (if any) that are active. 

My experience was overall good, one hiccup with NVC put us back a couple of weeks, we filed in September '17. The hardest part is waiting and being separated from family. 

They would've made a note of when you plan to move, honestly I wouldn't worry about it too much! 

I am shipping a box of fragile or keepsake items with NZ post, other than that just two suitcases! It's so much cheaper to re-buy anything I need over there than bother shipping it. 

It's good to see a fellow kiwi here, I'm sure your visa will come through soon 🙏

3 minutes ago, Kiwigirl19 said:

Thank you for reponding. How did you get it expedited? I already have low confidence in this consulate as they misplaced my case back in Jan-March it was supposed to be at the NVC but was sent to Auckland and Auckland said they didnt have it for months. I spent every day for weeks emailing nvc, uscis and the consulate trying to get someone to find it, and it was found eventually at auck consulate after calling auckland multiple times and insisting they look again. It was supposed to have been sent to nvc from uscis but somehow it ended up here. So that put my case back 3 months!! 

Wow that sounds difficult, I can imagine you are well and truly fed up. When did you first file with uscis? When you got to the consulate, did they ask you when you planned on traveling to the US? I told them ASAP so I don't know if that helped me

23 hours ago, Kiwigirl19 said:

No we, here in NZ, supply the consulate with a self addressed prepaid courier bag, and that is what they return our visa and passport in. 

Hey lady!

I had my interview in Auckland last week, and I received my passport with Visa today. My case was expidited so that may have helped me but it should not still say 'ready' after you have already been approved. I can imagine if they say they are trying to fix it as fast as possible, they would be. They seem to be really busy, more so than usual.

CC August 20th just got my interview for October 11th. New Zealand embassy, seems to be very very quick! I hope everyone gets theirs soon 🙏   😟

Oh my god!! Got my interview, October 11th!!

52 minutes ago, Maan17 said:

cc july 25th and still waiting for an interview date. 

Consulate: Montreal, Canada

 

It all depends on your consulate, you will get your interview depending on how busy or slow Auckland, NZ embassy is. 

Hope you get one soon!! 🙏 it's good to move through the processing stage anyhow. 

So, filed September 2017 and we just now have been put in queue for interview in Auckland, NZ. My Question, how long does it take from being in queue to getting an appointment date? Ive seen other forums saying it's taken them 3-5 months??😟