Comments on: Family Sponsorship: The 2 year wait Update. http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/01/family-sponsorship-the-2-year-wait-update/ There is no "One True Path" to emigrating. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:34:28 +1300 hourly 1 By: Suzie http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/01/family-sponsorship-the-2-year-wait-update/comment-page-1/#comment-6925 Suzie Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:36:53 +0000 http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=1996#comment-6925 I agree the time frame is totally ridiculous especially for parent applications. Most families that apply have elderly parents and the stress involved for them is overwhelming. I also wonder how many families leave NZ because they cannot abandon their parents while they wait. How many skilled migrants feel the benefits of coming to NZ are not worth the stress and leave as a result taking their shortage of skills with them ! I agree the time frame is totally ridiculous especially for parent applications. Most families that apply have elderly parents and the stress involved for them is overwhelming.

I also wonder how many families leave NZ because they cannot abandon their parents while they wait. How many skilled migrants feel the benefits of coming to NZ are not worth the stress and leave as a result taking their shortage of skills with them !

]]> By: Juli Ryan http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/01/family-sponsorship-the-2-year-wait-update/comment-page-1/#comment-6856 Juli Ryan Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:42:37 +0000 http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=1996#comment-6856 This is ridiculous. These applications should not take so long to process. I wonder how many people leave NZ because their families are not able to join them in a reasonable period of time. This is ridiculous. These applications should not take so long to process. I wonder how many people leave NZ because their families are not able to join them in a reasonable period of time.

]]> By: Hubby http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/01/family-sponsorship-the-2-year-wait-update/comment-page-1/#comment-6833 Hubby Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:19:07 +0000 http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=1996#comment-6833 In terms of different numbers, Avalon worked from the fortnightly news updates, and worked on averages. Which gives a fair picture over the year. I worked on numbers which came out of the statistics pages, and worked backwards. Based on actual numbers, to tell us (statistically) what is happening now. By my reckoning people getting their 'parent/sibling sponsorship' Residency visa's now (January 2010), actually put in their applications around February 2008. Of course this assumes a single queue, and that every application works smoothly through the queue taking an average duration. Working backwards on this basis for us, that means about February 2011 before Brother-in-law gets his. Avalon's numbers give us approx April 2011. In terms of different numbers, Avalon worked from the fortnightly news updates, and worked on averages. Which gives a fair picture over the year.

I worked on numbers which came out of the statistics pages, and worked backwards. Based on actual numbers, to tell us (statistically) what is happening now.

By my reckoning people getting their ‘parent/sibling sponsorship’ Residency visa’s now (January 2010), actually put in their applications around February 2008. Of course this assumes a single queue, and that every application works smoothly through the queue taking an average duration.

Working backwards on this basis for us, that means about February 2011 before Brother-in-law gets his. Avalon’s numbers give us approx April 2011.

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