Chinese friends who have applied for a New Zealand resident visa know that the most "suffering" stage is called NSC (National Security Check) .
Because there is very little public information about NSC inspections, the content of the review is not known to the outside world, and the review time varies from person to person. Moreover, the NSC is completed by a third-party agency, and even the Immigration Bureau cannot confirm its progress.
In fact, not only us Chinese, but also some countries’ residents’ visa applicants also need to do NSC.
Recently, a family doctor born in Syrian said that the long wait was not required to do NSC in time, which also made the family very unpleasant to apply for a resident visa.
In response to this, the New Zealand Immigration Agency stated that either did not send a check request to the security agency, or the other party did not receive it.
Firas Nasr is a Syria-born GP with a British wife named Charmaine Marshall-Deane who works as a nurse in Bay of Plenty . The couple applied for settlement in March this year through the 2021 resident visa.
When Dr Nasr learned that the application had been transferred to the Quality Control team, he was full of expectations; but then he was surprised because he received an email from the Immigration Bureau saying that he was facing the "integration problem" of NSC.
Nasr and his wife have three children, both of whom are not 11 years old. They said they hoped to have more stability, especially when considering buying a house and planning a school.
This couple did not apply for a resident visa based on the green list, but even so, the application channel for the green list requires NSC, which may take about six months to complete.
Dr Nasr said that the immigration bureau should make NSC requirements at the beginning of the immigration process so that those from countries that need to do NSC are not affected and feel fair in this new country.
"We are professionals, we work here, we are upright, ethical, and professional obligations. We help patients every day and save lives. We provide services to those who have difficulty getting health care in New Zealand."
"We found that these New Zealanders are friendly, but bureaucracy and red tape make people wonder if it is worth it. Immigration is really embracing technical talents and professionals?"
"We don't object to applicants being The facts of the check, they have the right to do this. But it was embarrassing. My colleague asked my visa why I was the only person who had not obtained a visa yet - it came at a price. It was really frustrating and disappointing. "
" Doctors, nurses, high-end professionals - they came here and made up their minds and invested, so now they feel trapped and have to wait for the Immigration Bureau to do work. That's what we see - they are now continuing to recruit the next batch of foreigners, but the batch is not up or down now. This is a sad reality. "
Immigration Bureau did not disclose how many applicants were affected by this failure.
General Manager of Border and Visa Business Nicola Hogg said, " has some problems with the necessary NSC process for some applicants because our system is not aligned with the systems of external institutions."
"So, some NSC requests in have not been successfully issued or received . We have found out the affected NSC requests and have been successfully sent to external institutions."
" As for Firas In Nasr's case, an NSC request was sent on June 30, but it was not handled correctly. The request was sent again on August 4. "
" We can confirm that the NSC request was successfully sent in August and are now waiting for the result. We can confirm that Mr. Nasr's visa application requires NSC, so it is correct to ask him to do NSC."
Since the Immigration Bureau launched the one-time 2021 resident visa last year, as of 10 pm on November 23, 2022, a total of 120,610 people were approved for the 2021 special resident visa. These "New Zealanders" can now call New Zealand their own "home".
Immigration Bureau data shows that as of 22:00 on November 23, a total of 106,085 applications were submitted, including 214,348 applicants. The number of approved copies was 66,463, involving 120,610 applicants. A total of denied visas were denied (Declined) The number of applications) reached 198 copies.
At the same time, nearly 100,000 applicants still have not completed the visa processing.
Michael Wood previously told the reporter of Direct Chuangwang that the online system is under great pressure at present, and many new (visa application) categories are being opened, and there may be some delays, but the current processing (efficiency) is still strong.
However, there is also a certain possibility. Like Dr. Nasr's family, your NSC application has not been successfully issued or received before. The Immigration Bureau stated that the affected NSC request has been found and has been successfully sent to external institutions.
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