[Diny]

Christmas Eve .... post landed on the doormat. The usual bundle of Christmas cards, junk mail and ..............

A letter from NZIS telling us that WE HAVE PR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, looks like that bottle of NZ sparkling vino will get cracked open tonight after the kids are in bed ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

Happy Christmas? You bet !!!!!!!!

[Junnifer USA]

Isn't it the most wonderful feeling!!! Congratulations!!

For us,, at 11:00 pm, at my husbands work place parking lot... where I drove to tell him... its the KIWI DANCE! Looked like a bunch of wild Indians!!!


Congratulations to You!!!

[Dave & Sandra]

:raebanana :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana :cheers
Barista here we come. :yes

[Kim39]

Diny my good Staffordshire friend. :clap :nice1 :clap :nice1 :clap :nice1 :cheers
Congratulations. Seems as if its all coming together for the NW crew. Loks like the next meet could well be 12000 miles away. Heres hoping :hopeso

Kim

[Timbo]

Many congrats Diny & Pb. What a chrissy present, even for someone who doesnt really "do" xmas. Iam sure you are both stoked. Have a great one.
Tim

[Moorf]

Well, we also got a great Xmas pressie today in the Christmas Eve post!!

OUR ITA ARRIVED :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana

[Diny]

Thanks for your kind words folks.

Timbo ..... I've even decided to 'enter into the spirit' of things now ..... I've just put up the Christmas cards (up to now they've been opened then put in the top drawer !!!!!!). I'm even looking forward to my sprouts .... how sick is that.

Kim ....... you're right, with getting PR and the news on the front of the Daily Mail yesterday that the housing market (should) be on the up, I agree that the next NW meet could be a long way from Manchester.

Sandra ..... Barista it is then :cheers

Junnifer ..... yep - a great feeling.

Have just noticed something. From the day NZIS received our application to getting our PR ....... EXACTLY 3 months.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS !!!!!!

Diny

[ukiwibird]

:clap Diny's 'Got a Golden Ticket' :clap , Great feeling isn't it? Regards Trudy

[Annierobrigado]

hi diny

wonderful news! am now raising my glass of ... four seasons juice (can't drink alcohol, am allergic :no ) to you my very good friend.

May you have enough rain to brighten your sunshiny days, enough laughter to warm hearts, and enough hope to guide you through the wilderness of life, especially a new one in a place so far from home.

and may you have enough friends to keep you comfortable all your days.

:cheers

annie

[Pamela]

Hi Diny

CONGRATULATIONS :cheers :cheers :clap :clap :P :P :cool :cool
Have a Wonderful Christmas and brill New Year.

Lets just sell these HOUSES.

Pamela x x x

[Jon]

Great News!!!!!

I suppose that's all you wanted for christmas - that will leave the lottery for me.

Cheers
Jon

[andersonclan]

Diny - great news - fingers crossed for you for the house sale as well.

Our ITA is now locked in the post office until Wednesday - the postman arrived when we were out and they closed ealry for the holidays. I'll probably be waiting for them to go back to work at 4.30am Wednesday!

Have a great Christmas.

The Anderson Clan

[Lil]

Congratulations Diny & PB!

Have a fabulous Christmas.

[nzforus]

Diny,

Congratulations!!!!!! :raebanana :raebanana

Gosh, I hope we'll be getting news like that one day!!!! What a wonderful present!! Celebrate, celebrate!!

[Gran]

All the best Diny and family, we just had a great Xmas day, even the weather played ball it was lovely, we had to smeer all the kids with sun tan lotion.
They just put a new public notice/commercial on tv, they said " New Zealand, a country with a population of 5 Million, its just that there are only 4 million of us at home at the moment" how apropriate.

[feeble]

Hey Diny,

didn't see your post before as I'm very busy settling in here and all but a BIG congratulations with your PR!!! :clap :clap :clap You've got to be feeling on top of the world.
Best wishes to you and your family and hope to see you one day in NZ :nice1

[Diny]

Thanks for that, yes, we're feeling on top of the world. We were told a few weeks back that all was fine and there were no problems with our application, but until we actually got it in writing there was still room for a little doubt.

Taking the route we have (family partnership) is really frustrating. There's no way you can track your application on line, and after being told that all was OK, I didn't feel inclined to contact my case worker too often just for an update (fear of rocking the boat).

However, all is now good. All of the red tape has been neatly wound up (although I still feel I'm tempting fate by saying that). Here's to an eventful 2005.

Happy new year - and all the best for your transition to NZ. Keep us posted on how things are going.

Diny.

[bbq]

DIny

Brilliant, just Brilliant

all the best

alex :cheers :nice1 :clap :clap :nice1 :cheers :cool

[Babette & Andy]

Diny & PB - excellent news guys :clap Big hug coming your way on the 28th! I love reading good news, keeps our hopes up.

love
Babette :cheers

[sarahw]

Diny & PB,

I've only just managed to find an internet cafe after a week & half of us staying at my Mum's (poor Ian!) - I was sooooo pleased to read your news!!! - here come the bananas :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana Yeeeha - what a wonderful Xmas pressie you got!

Fingers crossed for your house sale :hopeso - heard interest rates are coming down imminently so for all of us trying to sell our houses :cheers that's great news!

See you on the other side!

[Diny]

Thanks for that Sarah.

Yeah - by all accounts the housing market is due to pick up a little so things are looking a little more hopeful.

Happy new year.

Diny

[jesselyn]

well done, diny and PB!http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/tcwozerechoc.gif
congratulations! http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/fad1.gif

http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/jump.gif

hugs,
jes

ps. :hopeso for the immediate house sale...

[cagcagb]

congrats!

cathy ~:>

[funkstar deluxe]

Diny,
yeaah.
Nice one. Congrats. When do you think you'll be off? Any offeres on the house?

Dont want to steal your thunder but SNAP!

I think the conscientious people at NZIS wanted to give lots of us a happy xmas.

:nice1