[vic11]

Whoo hoo. Just received our letter on Friday the 13th!! I thought it would be a bad omen! But we have been approved in principle!!! :clap
The panic begins!!!!

Off for "just a few" glasses of wine now, of the NZ variety of course!

It's a long process without a job offer but it is achieveable, can't wait to meet you all out there!

Thanks for the help guys!.... might have to write an introduction now!! :roll

Vic & Bob
:raebanana

[TipTopAddicts]

let us be the first to give you some of these little beauties!!
:raebanana:raebanana:raebanana
one from each of us...we've never given anyone nanas before...FEELS GOOD!:nice1

[napiers]

Congratulations - :raebanana:raebanana

[vic11]

always wanted my own bananas !!!!! thanks alot. trying to tell the world that we got it!!

[Mels]

More nanas coming up... :raebanana:raebanana:raebanana:raebanana

Mels

[Hejwitch_uk]

Can't imagine what it must feel like, but hope to fairly soon....CONGRATULATIONS :raebanana:raebanana:raebanana:nice1

[Leanne]

Congrats!!!
:raebanana:raebanana:raebanana

[Carey]

Well done!
Celebrate in style. Wonder where you're headed?

:raebanana:raebanana:raebanana

[AndyR]

congratulations!

[JandM]

:raebanana:clap:raebanana

[nickydwuk]

More nana's :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana Congratulations :cheers

[benrus]

:raebanana:raebanana:raebanana
congrats Vic & Bob :clap

[StevieD]

Congratulations Vic and Bob, another one leaving Ireland....seems to be a trend going on???

Good luck with the rest of the process.

Steve

[peebles16]

Congrats to you both and time to release more of these :raebanana:raebanana:raebanana

Karenx

[dusk]

Congrats :raebanana

[slider]

Congratulations and good luck :raebanana:raebanana

[dilanium]

:raebanana:raebanana Congrats!:raebanana:raebanana

[Kiwi-In-Texas]

Congratulations and good luck.




Suzanne.

[lnz]

Congratulations! Great news indeed.

Once you are approved in principle, do you have many more steps left to do?

[mesh2008]

congrats :)

[Hesh]

Congratualations :) :raebanana:raebanana:raebanana

[vic11]

Congratulations! Great news indeed.

Once you are approved in principle, do you have many more steps left to do?

No basically we just have to send in the Migrant levy money and our passports and that's it. ALthough we are holding off on that for a bit as we want to get the house on the market first and join everyone else trying to sell their house! :uhoh

Victoria

[mark&kerry]

Congratulations :raebanana:raebanana:raebanana

[Red Devil]

Great news... good luck with the final bits :nice1

Have some more yellow thingies... :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana

[macuser]

congratulations, good news.

[folubode]

congrats

[Spooky]

Hi, I have a couple of questions - once you receive your approval-in-principal, how long are you given to actually 'arrive' in NZ? Also, has anyone had the experience of getting 'approval-in-principla' without a job offer?

[dusk]

HI spooky,

yes people here have got approval without job offers

as for the timescale, someone will come along with definite answers at some point, but I think you have 6 months after getting approval in principal to return your passports & pay the migrant levy then a longer period after that before you have to activate your visas, although not sure if its 12 months or longer...

[IanW99]

...
as for the timescale, someone will come along with definite answers at some point, but I think you have 6 months after getting approval in principal to return your passports & pay the migrant levy then a longer period after that before you have to activate your visas, although not sure if its 12 months or longer...

Yes, it's 12 months from the time you are issued the visa to arrive in NZ to activate it.

You can of course arrive in NZ to activate the PR and then leave again if you need to.

Ian

[Spooky]

Oh cool! Thanks Ian and 'dusk' for the information. I've always wondered when to apply, knowing I'll not make a move for another 1-2 years. I guess I could still submit all the applications and documents sooner than later (We have 165 points each, no job offer) since the whole process could take up to 6 months to a year!

I've said it before and I'll say it again - this forum has been a godsend! Thank you thank you again! :clap

[yas]

:cheers congratulation