Some real life stories from our clients

Tejas Adhikar, May 2023

Guys, trust me its a lengthy review but worth reading it. My experience with NZ Connexions was absolutely beautiful. They are also

incredibly upbeat, helpful, supportive, and what not!!

I contacted NZ Connexions in June 2022 and Kishore Sir has been helping me to the top universities ever since. Once the University was confirmed, he began the admissions process, which was really swift and efficient, and I received my admission very shortly. Later, my VISA application was processed and my course was scheduled to begin in January 2022; however, my course was started and my visa arrived after that so with 22 years+ of experience and being a licensed adviser, Kishore Sir immediately contacted the VISA officer to check what options do I have and considering the loyalty and good long term relations with Universities and VISA officer, we got a quick response from them. Then Kishore Sir really started working hard to help me to get admission for February intake and as I mentioned he really has good relations and contacts with Universities, I immediately got an offer letter from Auckland University of Technology.

Everything was on schedule and in order until my bank botched up everything, causing me to miss my February intake. I felt terrible for Kishore Sir, who was putting in all of his effort for me. But Kishore Sir did not give up and immediately began working on my case by contacting the VISA officer, explaining my situation to them, and trying extremely hard to convince the VISA officer. The visa officer

was convinced and assisted us in deferring my VISA till July. This is all thanks of Kishore Sir, I must add. Finally, he assisted me in securing admission for the July intake, as well as receiving my VISA and being all set to leave to achieve my goals!!

This would not have been possible if I hadn't approached NZ Connexions. Another thing I'd like to mention is that mine was the first ever complicated case that Kishore Sir encountered in his total expertise, but he still tried to work on it day and night, putting in all the effort and assisting me in beginning to achieve my goals. I sincerely appreciate all of your efforts and assistance with everything and I truly value the time and effort you invested in helping me with everything.

To anyone looking to travel to New Zealand for Study/Work/PR purpose, I will always recommend NZ Connexions. A big Thank you to Kishore Sir and NZ Connexions team

Vinay Mohite, Jun 2023

I would like to thank NZ Connexions from bottom of my heart as the journey from being on student visa to residency visa was impeccable. Your guidance with respect to education and university was spot on. Although there was lot of cultural difference when I moved to New Zealand but slowly I got used to it. When criteria for RV 21 was ruled out by government without any doubt I got in touch with you and as always I was being well informed with key aspect and all the necessary documents were being asked to kept ready before filing the application.   Once the application was being lodged you told me to be rest assured you will get it. But as time passed by and the waiting game was too much due to high volume of application received to Immigration New Zealand the process was a bit delayed. I was still in contact with you and you always said, I don't think so there will be an issue with the application because you already tick the boxes, just wait as it's a waiting game. In the mean time I was also well aware about the AEWV (Accredited Employer Work Visa) and started with the application until I received my interim visa wherein I was being informed that not to file any applications as interim visa was already offered to me. I was quite overwhelmed as I didn't know what was happening with my application and how long I still needed to wait and just trusted the process. Finally, on 8th May 2023 I received my Residency Visa and the wait was finally over.

 I would again like to thank all the members of NZ Connexions who advised me during such a complex situation and asked me to be calm and composed with the process. 

Russel Mascarenhas, June 2022



In 2018, with a career in design and animation, I decided to pursue a further education in Communication Studies abroad. While narrowing down my list of countries, I came across NZ Connexions and spoke with Ms. Nirmala and Mr. Kishore, who guided me thoroughly through the process of applying for a Post-graduate diploma and the various documents required. I finally settled on completing a 1 year Postgraduate Diploma in Communication Studies from Auckland University of Technology, in which the visa included a 3 year open work permit. The decision from studying in New Zealand to boarding the flight to Auckland took less than 4 months, thanks to a steadfast approach in collecting the required documents such as Medicals, IELTS etc. and submitting the application.

After having completed my course in around a year, and with a steady job in hand, I decided to pursue my Residency. While initially applying for the Skilled Migrant Category Visa (SMC), the process had been delayed due to uncertain border closures and processing time due to the pandemic. However, I kept in touch with Mr. Kishore online to help out with the process.

The 2020 Resident Visa category proved to be a blessing post the pandemic, as it required an already existing application for the SMC (which was submitted in March 2021 at the request by Mr. Kishore) and we worked together seamlessly on preparing the application and submitting the documents for the Phase 1.5 of the RV2021 Visa. Within less than a month my application had been approved and now I can proudly call New Zealand home.

I would like to thank everyone at NZ Connexions for helping me across this 4 year journey, and in this span of time, providing me the right steps and guidance in helping me build my future here. Would 100% recommend them to anyone who is planning to take this first step, and wish you all the very best.

Akshay Kanojia, April 2022



I would like to thank you for all your hard work, help and advice throughout my journey in New Zealand from being a student to getting my Resident Visa. I still remember the day when I came to visit you in your Mumbai office in 2017 to consult regarding the options to study in New Zealand. After our first meeting with you, I already began to feel more confident and at ease with the entire process. The advice you provided were so helpful, sound and smooth that the process to study in New Zealand felt quite simple. I appreciate that you were always there to answer my questions no matter how small.

Thank you for supporting and advising during my work visa application in 2018 and finally helping me throughout my Residence Visa application and answering all my queries until the day when I finally received my New Zealand Resident Visa.

I appreciate your professional and friendly approach while communicating with me and making sure all my required documents was in order and on track. You talked me through the entire process and everything you told us was spot on. Your confidence always put me at ease. I am forever grateful.

I have already recommended NZ Connexions to my friends and family, and will also recommend to anyone who is planning to migrate to New Zealand in future. Thanks again to you and your entire NZ connexions team.

Israt Sultana, Jan 2022



Sameer and I would like to thank you and Manjuji so much for all the hard work in helping us to obtain our residence in New Zealand. We know that it could not have happened without you both. What was probably the most stressful situation to deal with was made so much easier with all your time, patience and positive attitude.

Since my first meeting with you way back in 2015 I knew that I was dealing with a person who is highly professional in what he does. You knew all the answers to my questions and right away offered different ways to deal with my visa options. After our first meeting with you, we already began to feel more confident and at ease with the entire process. During a stressful period, you always were there to answer our questions no matter how small.

Thank you for walking us through the student visa in 2017 with post study work visa. In Feb 2018 and then SMC in Nov 2019 with the extension again in Feb 2020 and finally residency in Dec 2021. With pages and pages of forms and always making sure all our paperwork was in order and on track.

Thank you to both for making our life wonderful and free of stress.

Nilesh Motwani, Sep 2021



My association with NZ Connexions began 8 years back when me and my wife ( after 1 year of our marriage) had aspirations to settle abroad. After exploring many countries based on the opportunities they offered, we finally narrowed down to New Zealand. And that was the time we learnt about NZ Connexions consultancy through a common friend who is now well settled in NZ.
We connected with NZ Connexions office and the first meeting itself with Kishore Sir gave us an assurance that we were at the right place.

We had started the process and had almost finalized everything however our plans did not materialize eventually due to some financial issues.

After few years of marriage we were blessed with a baby girl and that's when our plans of moving abroad restarted.

We were embarrassed to go back to Kishore Sir especially after we had turned down the option of going to NZ earlier despite finalizing the entire paperwork but he was very generous and understood our state of mind and was once again very welcoming in accepting our decision to try NZ this time around.

He once again patiently explained to us the entire process and briefed us about our scope to apply to NZ by one of us studying and other going as a dependent on work visa. One thing we love about Kishore Sir is that he is very honest and to the point. He will never fabricate or give you a rosy picture just to make you feel nice so that you appoint the NZ team as your consultant. If there is something a miss in your profile or application, he will tell you things upfront and ask you not to go ahead with it.

The entire team of NZ was extremely professional and efficient. Kishore Sir, Manju Mam and his team comprising of staff like Nirav and Ayana were excellent in guiding us all the way through the process and paid attention to every detail regarding our paperwork. We used to make several calls to get the status of our application but each time the team was readily available to provide updates or answer any queries.

It was December 2019 when my wife got her student visa after which me and my daughter too applied for our dependent visa and got it without any hassle simply because of the handwork and dedication put in by the entire NZ Connexions team.

My wife flew in Feb 2020 to pursue her masters and we were due to fly in 6 months but as we all know that covid struck and the entire world was hit with border restrictions including NZ. Our plans to travel vanished. We were praying for things to work out and did not see any hope coming through anytime soon due to the stringent restrictions placed by NZ border control.

Kishore Sir kept checking on us and gave us regular updates in terms of border restrictions and visa processing. It was Aug 2021 when our (my daughter and I) dependent visas were due to expire and thats when Kishore Sir contacted us and gave us a ray of hope that things could work out for us based on the new policy which was updated by NZ Immigration and which allowed us to apply through a critical purpose channel despite border closures.

Our joy knew no bounds especially since NZ had completely shut off-shore visa applications. But Kishore Sir was certain that he and his team could make this work. And that's when we re-applied for our visas again and started the paperwork immediately. Sir took immense efforts to make our paperwork thorough and submitted our case on 21Aug 2021 taking into account every little detail. And today 21Sep, we learnt that our visas got approved.

I cannot thank Kishore Sir and his team enough for turning the impossible into possible especially since we had lost all hopes of reuniting with our family due to stringent border restrictions.

I would recommend NZ Connexions to everyone who is planning to migrate to NZ. You will certainly get the value for your money.