[MB]

(*Clears throat*)

To all our pals on this great forum,
We'll try to keep some slight decorum.
But we're dizzy that we've got this far:
Thanks much to you, we've got PR!

:yes :nice1 :yes

Cheers,
Matt, Vera and Winston.

[Bubbles]

Congratulations Matt

Great news mate
Well Done
:cheers :cheers :cheers

John

[MB]

Cheers, John! Thanks for all your support.

Matt.

[Danpoll]

congrats MB welcome to the club, and might I say what a wonderfull verse too. :clap :clap :clap


Dan

[Marie P]

Great news !!!!

:cheers

Best wishes to you and yours in your new life !!!

Marie x

[KD17]

Fantastic :clap :clap :clap :clap

Excellent news

When's the big move then?

:cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers

[Timbo]

Well done Matt et all. I knew you could do it.

[RoadRunner]

Awesome news, Matt! We're so happy for you!

:cheers :cheers :cheers

RoadRunner

[SoCal Gal]

Wow, Matt and family, awesome, awesome news!!!
Congrats!! You are very inspiring and I am thrilled for you, hope to hear lots of great details!
:cool

[foolsgold99]

Congrats !!

Wow, it's such a great feeling isn't it ?

Where are you guys headed out to ?


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26 Days to go!!!

[dmr]

Congratulations to you and to your family.

New journey begins....

Good Luck..

dmr

[Ria]

Well done. :cheers

Initial panic over....now the adventure really begins.

[xanctus]

Matt....
congratulations mate...I told you, you will get the PR sooner or later.
:cheers :cheers :clap :cheers

Hopefully we will meet in Wellington. :hopeso

[kiwidebs]

:cheers Congratulations Matt and family. :nice1

Love the verse BTW :clap

Debs

[debnjohn]

Well done. It's good to see someone who is so supportive of others on this forum finally get the ultimate prize
Congratulations! And well deserved.
John

[sarahw]

Oh that's such great news Matt, Vera & Winston!!!

Congratulations you guys! :cheers :cheers

and I think we should have a few of these too: :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana

So happy for you all! See you in Wellington soon!

[Mike & Nicola]

Congrats guys! Completely deserved.

When are you planning on moving over?

Mike

[Lil]

See what happens when you worship in the Church NZIS for long enough. Now I bet you're wondering what all the worrying was about.

Well done mate - now you can enjoy planning your new life for real.

Congratulations

:clap

[MB]

Back from work now, so I can say a huge thank you to everyone for your messages! :yes

Yes, we're so relieved. I got up this morning and did my ususal e-mail check. Nothing. Then at work I logged into our family e-mail to give it one last, half-hopeful check of the day (knowing that it would by then be about 6pm London time and that our case officer would probably be tucking into her dinner by then anyway! :laugh )... and found this:

Hi Vera

I am pleased to advise that we have approved your application for residence. You have authorised payment of the migrant levy of £345.00. Please confirm that we can also take £34.00 from this card for return of your passports and documents by DHL Courier.

The issuing will take up to 4 weeks, as there is a queue.

Kind regards...

It's been five months since we were selected, and we are grateful to NZIS for making this as smooth a process as we could have expected. Y'see, and I know that many of you are probably of the same mind, less than a year ago we would hardly have had a shot at a solid work visa, let alone upfront PR. So we are really, really grateful to NZIS for their help, and to this forum for pretty much the same reason. We want to carry on seeing if we can help others as we have been helped on these boards.

And if you're still waiting: things do move and things do change, sometimes very quickly, even when the going seems like treacle. :nice1 Let's all aim to have a beer in NZ as soon as we can! :cheers

Cheers,
Matt, Vera and Winston.

[Moorf]

Well Done Guys!

Hope to see you this side of the world before too long :nice1

:cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers

Helen & Warren

[Diny]

That's wonderful news, hope the next stage goes smoothly.

All the best.

Diny

[kiwidollie]

Congratulations to you!! :cheers :cheers

It's great to hear when things go well :yes Really gives me a lift.

Best wishes coming your way :nice1 :nice1 :nice1 :nice1 :nice1

[Aug & Feb]

Well done. Congratulation !! All the best on your move to NZ !! :laugh :laugh :nice1 :nice1 :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :cheers :cheers :clap :clap :raebanana :raebanana :P :P

[MB]

I realize that I didn't answer a few questions you guys kindly asked. Here are at least some answers:

I handed in my notice yesterday (formal letter to follow tomorrow) and plan to leave in mid-June. I will probably travel a week or so ahead of my wife and son (to Auckland first and probably then Welli) so that at least one of us will be fairly non-jet-lagged and will be able to set up a few practical elements such as rental accommodation.

And, yes, much of the real work starts here!

Cheers,
Matt.