Five months from Auckland to a usable certificate
- Week 1Printed off Queen Street.
A local shop takes her prints, but it's never sent a file to Canada before.
- Week 6Form sent back.
Her prints went on a generic card, not the C-216C, so her file has to start again.
- Week 8Second vendor, second fee.
She gets reprinted in Newmarket through a channel she found online, and pays again.
- Week 17Certificate arrives in Halifax.
It goes to her parents' address on the form, and they courier it across the Pacific.
- Week 20Lodged, five months on.
Two vendors, three couriers, and a residence application held back for five months.
One visit to her Auckland flat, start to finish
- Day 1Associate visits Grey Lynn.
Her C-216C is done at home, and any faint rolls are redone on the spot, not weeks later.
- Week 1Into the accredited route.
Globeia Incorporated in Toronto submits her form through the RCMP-accredited channel.
- Week 2One reference, one portal.
Erin follows each stage in Globeia SmartPortal from her desk in Wynyard Quarter.
- Week 5Certificate checked in Toronto.
It's fingerprint-based and in English, so Immigration New Zealand doesn't need a translation.
- Week 6Uploaded while it is fresh.
One invoice. The certificate is only weeks old, well inside the six months Immigration New Zealand allows.


