[coyotewildwomen]

Hi,

Does anyone know how soon you have to move to NZ, permanently, after you receive the golden " Approval in Principle"?

I can't seem to find it on the NZIS website. I seem to recall it was a year, but I could be wrong.

Do you get your residence visa marked in your passport when you show up in NZ at the immigration booth, or do they send you a certificate/stamp of some sort?

Thanks,

Wendy

[Nicola]

Hi Wendy

Congratulations on getting this far. :clap

As far as I know you have a year to make the move once you have your stamp on your passport. I think it is in the documentation you get with your ITA.

You need to send back to the NZIS lots of money for the migrant levy and your passports to get the stamp put on them. I think you have three or four months to do this after you have been informed that you have been approved in principle.

Hope this helps, but there are a lot more knowledgeable bods out there who will probably give you a better answer than this one.

Nic

[Diny]

Hi Wendy

Nic is right. Once you get PR in principle you have 6 months from that date to pay your migrant levy (115.00 per person). Once you have paid the levy they will put the visa in your passport. You then have 12 months from this date to enter NZ.

Your entrance permit (can't think of the official name) is stamped in your passport by the immigration officer as your arrive in the country. I also believe that you are automatically granted 2 years worth of returning residents visas but you really do need to check up on this point as I'm not 100% sure.

So - you have a potential 18 months from being issued PR in principle until your NZ arrival deadline.

Hope this helps - good luck.
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Diny

[RoadRunner]

Wendy,
There is a post by Rich Adams that gives details but what Nic and Diny have said is essentially correct.

When you get your passport back from NZIS, it has two stickers in it - one is the Residence Permit, the other is a Multiple Entry Returning Resident's Visa. I understand the RRV is good for two years. After that, if you meet certain criteria (see Rich's post), then you can apply for an indefinite RRV.

RoadRunner

[Marie P]

Is the migrant levy payable for children too ???

might have to sell a child ... :roll:

[nickbraddock]

Hi,
as far vas I am aware it is £115 for each person (up to a maximum of £400 and something)
Cheers
Nick

[jthavh]

Yes Nick

The Migrant Levy is £115 per Applicant- up to a maximum of £460 per application.

[coyotewildwomen]

Appreciate all the info- everyone.

Thanks so much! Now we just have finish wading through all the paperwork!!! Also have to get in the medicals by early April as the rules change after that.

Wendy

[Milliemoo]

Just thought of something.....

See you might remember me mentioning that we will be entering NZ on our honeymoon with our newly stamped passport containing PR an RRV. That's fine, it just means when we emigrate 6-9 months later we'll be using our RRV.

Just had a thought about how many months of the year we are suppose to be in NZ to still qualify for PR, or does that not really matter? If it does matter, how may days in the year do you have to be in NZ and does the year start from when you 1st enter in NZ with PR?

And another question ....... has anyone heard of them extending the 6 months to send the migrant levy ? It would make life much easy if we could sort this out after the honeymoon and my passport would be in my married name. yay :P

Hope this makes sense :oops:

Milliemoo :nice1

[Bubbles]

Yes Nick

The Migrant Levy is £115 per Applicant- up to a maximum of £460 per application.

I'm not doubting your source of info', but the levy that is stated in my ITA is £520-00. The EOI had 5 applicants on it in total with a possible 6th !

The math doesn't seem to add up
:uhoh

[Diny]

You're right - the math doesn't add up. Our migrant levy is 115.00 per person (children included). I know that it is 'capped' at a certain amount but I don't know what that amount is (as it doesn't apply to us).

Diny

[NW2NZ]

Don't forget there's an Application Fee as well as the Migrant Levy. I think the Application fee is the one that's £520 :eek and the Migrant Levy is capped at x4.

[Bubbles]

NW2NZ
Thanks for that little snippit.

I wish I'd read more ! It makes sense now. £520 application, then upto a max of £460 levy. Oh, only another £1000 F@*~K

Ooh, I nearly swore. Looks like I'll have to get out abit and sell me body.
HMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmm, should only take, let's see. £460 divided by £5 a time.......................... BLOODY HELL !

:uhoh

[NW2NZ]

A FIVER!!!!!! Have the rates gone up? :mrgreen:

It sure aint a cheap process is it? Wonder how much it costs to come here :?

[Diny]

A fiver ???? Do you throw in a fish supper for that price?

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Diny

[Bubbles]

For you Diny


Anything :mrgreen:

[NW2NZ]

Do you think the emigration process makes us insomniacs? I can't put this down in case I miss something! lol

[Bubbles]

Yeah, know what you mean

:yes

John

[NW2NZ]

Oh, you're a John! From what you said earlier I thought you were looking for a John :laugh

[Diny]

Thanks Bubbles

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Diny

[Bubbles]

NW2NZ

Thankyou :laugh :laugh

John, as in John

[Moorf]

If you're not in bed by midnight... go home...

:laugh