24June

I rang NSW PESE +############### They asked for the application ID

From my understanding both restaurant managers and cooks are not in their list of priorities. My agent told me he had clients in my same situation waiting longer than me. As I said a friend advised me to call, as she also waited for long on her visa, and after she rang she got it approved within the week. I rang directly the number at the bottom of the acknowledgement letter and surprisingly my phone call was picked up straight away. I was already expecting to be on hold for a while. I'll keep you guys updated

Hi everyone! I have been a silent follower of this forum for a while. I have been waiting for 15 months and 9 days and finally this morning I decided to call immigration for the first time following a friend's advice (they didn't say anything really.... just to keep waiting). And surprisingly I got a call from my MA just now telling me that my nomination just got approved half an hour ago! and they had a question about one of my police checks (apparently NZ's police checks are issued in a "funny way") This is my timeline: 187 DE restaurant manager LR (QLD) Nomination & visa: 24 June 2016 Nomination approved: 3 Oct 2017 Fingers crossed!!