Character Transfers

Can anyone confirm or deny that character transfers (and name changes) are instant now as opposed to the old wait-until-a-server-check way?

I remember reading a post by -Hime- saying they would be instant, but knowing Nexon they might have just cut their loses when trying to code that and implemented the old method again.

Server check from what my friend said after he bought one.

Bought one as well. Sure wasn't instant as far as I saw.. lol