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@MaryB17 i also agree with Rosalea. I think it took about a month for us to hear back, but we sent a few emails to the above email that rosalea quoted to follow up and pester them. I really hope you hear soon. But 4 months sounds like too long for this step, we had some advice from a friend that is a lawyer and she told us if we don’t hear in 4 weeks at this stage, that we should email them. Mary- here is a number we called and found some help from them. If you get someone that is unhelpful just call again and you might get lucky and get a more helpful human. This is the number for the consulate in Auckland… if you call them with your case number and questions prepared, they can help answer some questions. Sometimes the answers around waiting times are very generic but sometimes they can help redirect something if they spot an issue. Call more than once if you get an unhelpful person at first like i said, that’s been hugely helpful to us at least!! abroad +6493032724 in nz 093032724

hey there rosalea, I wish I had an answer fo you, but I personally don't. I started searching online for people's experience. We too are at the same step in the process, and of course, find it ridiculous that this step is just yet another limbo- lucky win of the draw type thing. We're checking the website morning and night and hoping to see something pop up and im just hoping we don't have to do this, like you said, for months to come! And when an appt will become available, will it typically be months out from the day it appears on the website? Hopefully someone comes along that recently got an appointment and can shed some helpful info. Until then, at least its good to empathise with someone else going through the visa ringer! Mimi & Taylor