noet
16th March 2009, 01:38 AM
We recently decided to move to NZ. But this is a long story, which I'd like to share. There are still many questions.
When I was 18 I went to Australia backpacking. I stayed on a student visa for another 5,5 years. Two years ago I had to get back to the Netherlands, cause I ran out of money and couldn't pay for a PR. I was elligeble, have 130 points!
Here I met my partner, we're together for 1,5 years exactly on this day. I wanted to go back to australia, never had wanted to come back to the Netherlands actually. He wanted to come. unfortunatly, cause I waited to long, I needed 1 year workexperience to be elligible for a visa. I couldn't find work here and went back to study. That was a bad idea as it litterly made me sick. I went back to work on the 1st of october. So October 1st 2009 I will apply for a PR in Australia.
But the rules are changing and this visa might take 2 years to get still. We went to a migration fair. There we checked out New Zealand and I realised I am still alowed to get a work and holliday visa. My partner could come on a holliday visa, which meant we could stay there for 9 months.
But as my skills are wanted, I can apply for a PR as soon as I get a job. This means we could stay in NZ until we get the OZ visa! and never have to be in NL ever again! (needless to say, we hate it here).
We got 2 cats, who now probably can't come. Besides that it is very expensive to put them in quarantine, it wouldn't be fair on them to move them twice.
So now the questions!
how to go about the visa? where to live? how to find a job? what to take with us? what to leave behind till we get to OZ? How to make sure I don't get too exited and buy a plainticket tomorrow? :D What to do with taxes, banks, and other things that need proper organisation?
What to do the first weeks in NZ?
Now, I've emigrated 4 times in my live already, so I know we'll be fine and things will work out. But it is scarier this time for some reason.
Anyway, this is enough of a long story so far.
Bye,
Noet
When I was 18 I went to Australia backpacking. I stayed on a student visa for another 5,5 years. Two years ago I had to get back to the Netherlands, cause I ran out of money and couldn't pay for a PR. I was elligeble, have 130 points!
Here I met my partner, we're together for 1,5 years exactly on this day. I wanted to go back to australia, never had wanted to come back to the Netherlands actually. He wanted to come. unfortunatly, cause I waited to long, I needed 1 year workexperience to be elligible for a visa. I couldn't find work here and went back to study. That was a bad idea as it litterly made me sick. I went back to work on the 1st of october. So October 1st 2009 I will apply for a PR in Australia.
But the rules are changing and this visa might take 2 years to get still. We went to a migration fair. There we checked out New Zealand and I realised I am still alowed to get a work and holliday visa. My partner could come on a holliday visa, which meant we could stay there for 9 months.
But as my skills are wanted, I can apply for a PR as soon as I get a job. This means we could stay in NZ until we get the OZ visa! and never have to be in NL ever again! (needless to say, we hate it here).
We got 2 cats, who now probably can't come. Besides that it is very expensive to put them in quarantine, it wouldn't be fair on them to move them twice.
So now the questions!
how to go about the visa? where to live? how to find a job? what to take with us? what to leave behind till we get to OZ? How to make sure I don't get too exited and buy a plainticket tomorrow? :D What to do with taxes, banks, and other things that need proper organisation?
What to do the first weeks in NZ?
Now, I've emigrated 4 times in my live already, so I know we'll be fine and things will work out. But it is scarier this time for some reason.
Anyway, this is enough of a long story so far.
Bye,
Noet