Zeebubs

Same here - I was a nervous wreck going in, and even with all the positive reviews I thought maybe I'd just have some bad luck. Turned out to be the complete opposite of what I thought my experience would be. Very calm place with nice workers there, even the security was nice.

Congratulations!  Always reassuring to hear the interview itself isn't very long in Auckland.  I just got my appointment date this morning for 30 May and reading other people's experiences really helps calm my nerves about it.

It's such a beautiful city, I'm really looking forward to calling it home

Package delivered to Auckland this morning (Friday) and changed to Ready, time to continue my journey in the NZ/AU forum section if I need help in the future.  Good luck everyone

Package delivered to Auckland this morning (Friday) and changed to Ready, time to continue my journey in the NZ/AU forum section if I need help in the future.  Good luck everyone

Package delivered to Auckland this morning (Friday) and changed to Ready, time to continue my journey in the NZ/AU forum section if I need help in the future.  Good luck everyone

Got an email from NVC saying we shipped today.  DHL tracking says it will arrive by Friday   (I wonder if that's Friday US or Friday NZ though, and if so, if they do Saturday delivery then... time will tell).

@Zoltan KBe careful with using travel insurance, make sure to check it will cover you if you are not planning to return to your country to reside.  A lot of them will have clauses which will void the policy if this is the case, which is why expat insurance exists.

@Zoltan KBe careful with using travel insurance, make sure to check it will cover you if you are not planning to return to your country to reside.  A lot of them will have clauses which will void the policy if this is the case, which is why expat insurance exists.

@Zoltan KBe careful with using travel insurance, make sure to check it will cover you if you are not planning to return to your country to reside.  A lot of them will have clauses which will void the policy if this is the case, which is why expat insurance exists.

I would like to point out that travel insurance is also very important when you are simply visiting your fiance before attaining your visa. Last year I was visiting when I was struck down with a necrotising soft tissue infection.  I was helicoptered back to a major hospital.  Four days in ICU, two surgeries, six days in acute care.  I ended up in the US six weeks longer than I had intended, had to have outpatient management with general surgery and other specialties.  At one point a PE was suspected so I needed another ER visit, ultrasounds and a CT.  
 
Having taken out travel insurance, paying extra to make sure pre-existing conditions were covered, meant I did not pay a cent towards any medical bills.  I was also flown back to New Zealand in business class (they also were going to fly two nurses to be with me for the trip back, but I felt comfortable with my fiance taking care of me, so they flew him business too, and a regular flight back to the US).
 
I am definitely making sure I have expat insurance (travel insurance usually requires you to be returning to your country of origin) to cover me until being able to get on my future husband's insurance after the move.

Yeah I had tried that before asking here, alas did not work either.  I just put in yesterday's date and corrected it in the body of the request.

Use todays date as your birthday  then explain in the box  and  give correct  bday in the box. This happens all the time.

Got our hard copy NOA2 today, notice date was actually 29 March 2019, not 1 April.  So; old site updated on 1 April and says 1 April, new site emailed me on 2 April and says 1 April.  Physical paper copy arrived 4 April and says 29 March

Got our hard copy NOA2 today, notice date was actually 29 March 2019, not 1 April.  So; old site updated on 1 April and says 1 April, new site emailed me on 2 April and says 1 April.  Physical paper copy arrived 4 April and says 29 March

Approved today as well!  Checked the old site, did a double take wondering if it was some cruel April fools joke.  Had deliberately not had my hopes up in case we took a while longer than others to get approved.  So excited.

Checked the old site expecting nothing, was approved today!  111 days, so happy!

Haha! I saw my approval online today as well and was thinking the same thing about April fools!! Congrats! 

Checked the old site expecting nothing, was approved today!  111 days, so happy!

Approved today as well!  Checked the old site, did a double take wondering if it was some cruel April fools joke.  Had deliberately not had my hopes up in case we took a while longer than others to get approved.  So excited.

Approved today as well!  Checked the old site, did a double take wondering if it was some cruel April fools joke.  Had deliberately not had my hopes up in case we took a while longer than others to get approved.  So excited.

Checked the old site expecting nothing, was approved today!  111 days, so happy!

Checked the old site expecting nothing, was approved today!  111 days, so happy!

Yes, moving from Wellington, fiance is from Seattle. 
 
The main issue I had with SFO was the immigration line was four hours long as two or three flights had arrived at the same time, and they only had two staff doing the processing.  Getting a new flight was not difficult though, the United desk was very easy to deal with.
 
Air NZ doesn't seem to like to give you too much time to make connections with its all in one bookings, which does not help, usually they average 1.5 hours.  If it wasn't for arranging for wheelchairs on my return journey back from Seattle I would have missed a connection in Auckland too (I ended up coming down with necrotising fasciitis and stayed six weeks longer than intended!). 

Thanks for this info! I did AKL>SFO>SeaTac last time and missed my connection at SFO (thankfully United sorted it quickly and I got on a flight an hour later, phew).  I had wondered about flying in via Vancouver though and driving down also, so good to know I can do that this easy!  Fingers crossed should be there before the end of the year!