[britzy]

We have been granted a medical waiver for our daughter allowing us to get our PR:bluebanana
It has been a long hard journey one I would not like to repeat.Throughout the whole process there has been no certainty that we would get through and we are currently on cloud nine.
Anyway ,the reason I am posting this is to give some hope to anyone in a similar situation to us,our daughter has autism and servere learning difficulties making it very hard to get PR. However we have felt all along that we as two experienced nurses had alot to offer New Zealand and persued our dream,fortunately all our hard work and sheer determination paid off.Please don't get let me give anyone false hope but bear it in mind that sometimes you can get through.
After spending all of 2008 selling our soul!!we can now look forward to our future, thankyou to everyone that has offered us support and advise along the way.

Helen

[clairelouise]

Helen,

You would not believe how pleased I am a for you! I've followed your story throughout and it feels good to be able to send you a few of these.... :bluebanana :bluebanana :bluebanana!!!!

I hope that you getting the PR does inspire people not to give up. Congratulations to all of you - you're gonna love it here!!!

Claire

[victoria24]

what a great story of tenacity :)

[icemaiden]

Many congratulations - I'm so pleased for you and all your family. When are you now hoping to move?

[luckystar]

Congratulations. You all deserve some of these:
:bluebanana:bluebanana

[catt]

:bluebanana:raebanana:bluebanana:raebanana

[Scibby]

Congratulations :bluebanana:raebanana:bluebanana:raebanana

[JandM]

Such good news. All the very best for your new lives.:):clap:bluebanana

[Parsley]

Congratulations!!!
:bluebanana:bluebanana:bluebanana

[Gemini]

Congratulations, so pleased for you. I know how you must be feeling right now, it's lovely to have all the struggle behind you. :nice1:bluebanana:bluebanana:bluebanana

[lindreth]

what great news! congratulations from us too! :)

[dusk]

Many congratulations and best of luck in your new life in NZ :D

[benandclare]

Excellent news :clap:clap:clap

[Silverwing86]

... what excellent news Helen, good on ya' for sticking it out ! As someone who also went through the whole medical rigamarole with INZ, I know how great it must feel. You deserve a bunch of these :bluebanana:bluebanana:bluebanana:bluebanana!

Good luck with the move !

Cheers,
Silver

[malangjan]

:bluebanana:bluebananaI am very pleased to read ur story and it really encouraged me not to lose hope. Big congratulations and have a wonderful life there.

Regards:clap

[NikT]

Congrats!!
If you want something bad enough, stick at it till you get it.
And you got it!:nice1:clap

Good luck for the rest of the journey.;)

Nick & Caron.:cheers

[YouMeAndThree]

Really please for you all :clap:raebanana:clap

[Georgebulldog]

Great news Well done & congratulations :nice1 :cheers

[nickydwuk]

I must be a mind reader - I was just thinking about you today - what fantastic news :bluebanana :bluebanana :clap you both deserve it after all you have had to go through to get there. Hope the house sells soon so you can all realise your dream. :cheers

[Scotty69]

Congratulations :nice1
:bluebanana:bluebanana:bluebanana

[britzy]

Thank you all,we intend to be out within the next 3 months,trying desperately to sell house at a very reduced price!!!.We are going to settle around Dunedin.Also had some more good news last night,we have been granted Orrs funding for our daughter and are now trying to get her into a special school as there is no way she could go to mainstream,totally without a doubt!!.We hope to get eveything in place for her so that we can concentrate on starting work and not to forget our son.

Helen

[Jo Jo]

That's great news - I'm so pleased for you. Congratulations.

[Sovenok]

what a touching story and a lovely final! :)
Congratulations!!!

[jadugar]

Congratulations. .................................................. ....

[TheJezzers]

Many congratulations !!!!!!:bluebanana:bluebanana:cheers

[jent]

Helen, I haven't logged on for a few weeks and this is specifically what I logged on for today; to check if you had been on. I admire you two so much and your courage and willingness to share this good news for others in the same boat. LIKE ME!!! Our application goes in next week and then the wait wait begins. Lets hope they think we're as valuable as you chaps. I am thrilled for you and am more determined than ever to meet you in Dunedin for a weekend in the future! WELL DONE!!!! Now sell that house!!

[Carey]

Well done! And good luck for when you get here!

[Mamee & Co]

Well done for hanging in there.

ENjoy the new life

:bluebanana:bluebanana:bluebanana

[britzy]

Thanks all again,Fingers crossed for you Jen,I think of you most days wondering were you are at.It is a lovely feeling coming out the other end and I think we are close to a reasonable offer on our house.Anything I can help you with you know I will.

Helen

[NZ Hopeful]

Belated congratulations from me Helen, you certainly deserve it.

:bluebanana:bluebanana

[castleclan]

Yeah, Well done and good luck for the future.

[Tui2too]

Happy for you! Now selling the house should feel like a walk in the park! Best of luck!

[tea drinker]

:nice1 great news

[jent]

Helen, the house thing sounds promising. I will send some positive thoughts and prayers up for you guys. You really don't want to drop your price tooo much as you will need all the moolah you can take with you to get you settled. also, I think the move is very costly. It will work out, one way or the other! Let us know what happens.

[JayBee]

Belated congratulations:bluebanana

[TheJezzers]

Congratulations:bluebanana:bluebanana:bluebanana
:bluebanana