[Carol]

a New Zealand Citizen.






:raebanana

[pleccy2000]

Gratz carol!!!!! Tawa is better off for it too!

[Moorf]

Congrats Carol :cheers


So was there a ceremony or any little ritual you had to do?? :)

[katandbob]

wow, well done, :raebanana :raebanana I second Moorf, what did you have to do to become one?

Are you having a Party :cheers

Kat

[Debbie]

Congratulations to you, NZ is all the better for our loss.
Was you ceremony good, don't you have to swear allegance(sp) to the queen.
Debbie

[Carol]

Yes - it's quite a formal ceremony and yes you do have to swear allegience to HM
funny eh?


The only other part of the ceremony we took part in was to go to the pub and drink copious amounts of alcohol!

Great night we had.

[Moorf]

Sounds like fun (the bar bit..) !!

I think you're the first on the forum!! :cheers I'll drink to that....

[Marie P]

Well done Carol :clap .....was it all of the family or just you and Kenny ??

Marie x

[Smiler]

Wooo hoooo!!

Congrats Carol and family. I heard the Loaded Hog ran dry. :p

D & G

[jubjub]

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Well done you lot... does it make you feel any different?

[shagen]

Good on you guy! I heard it from Kenny on Wednesday at the train station!

[MB]

Carol - fantastic. I enjoy reading your posts and I enjoyed reading your news today!
:nice1

[Carol]

ooh! I didn't know he saw you at the train station Shagen!

Actually yes it does - make me feel different.
It's a funny thing....... like I suddenly have rights I didn't have before.

THe kids at my school and the staff have been lovely.
I got the most gorgeous bunch of red roses.......


And I feature quite highly in the newsletter.

All 4 of us did it. Me Kenny and the boys.
It took 8 months of paperwork and around $1600 for the 4 of us.

[Kim39]

Congratulations Carol :nice1


Kim

[foolsgold99]

Congrats to you all.

so you off to Aussie then ?? lol.

[StevieD]

Well done Carol!

[smitjo]

CONGRATULATIONS - I bet you must be feeling really great :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana

[Carol]

Congrats to you all.

so you off to Aussie then ?? lol.


:exit




:laugh

[marcia]

Congratulations Carol, that definately deserves a bunch of these...


:raebanana :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana

[Debbie]

Actually yes it does - make me feel different.
It's a funny thing....... like I suddenly have rights I didn't have before.

.

Sorry I know I should be able to find this elsewhere, but what rights do you suddenly have, apart from being able to go to Oz.

Are you able to keep you UK citizenship as well.
Congratulations again.
Debbie

[Carol]

Nothing much Debbie - but we can now have a NZ passport as well as our UK one - we will have dual citizenship.

It's just a feeling - sort of "belonging"
I know that is ridiculous to say after living here for 10 years - but it's true.
Like I suddenly have the same rights as anyone else here.
So they can stuff their opinions about 'poms" where the sun don't shine.

It's not everyone - just the odd one or two.
And I dont let it get to me generally........

But.... it STILL is a better feeling!

[Singel]

Carol and Family.................................what can I say?

WAHOOOOOO :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana

Congratulations !!!

[Bubbles]

Congrat's Carol. You must be feeling very pleased with yourselves. How long before you get your NZ passport ? :D

John

[zardell]

:raebanana :raebanana :raebanana

Congratulations Carol and Family.

:nice1

Julie

xx

[Oregonkiwi]

I know what you mean about feeling different, when I got my US citizenship, I just felt a lot more secure somehow. It's only a piece of paper but it really does make a difference.
Congratulations!!!

[boonkien]

:cheers Congratulations!!!

It is very encouraging to read positive and confident posts from you. We just need the boost sometimes when we falter in our decision to move.

Again congratulations!!!

[kiwidebs]

Congratulations to you all. :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana I know what you mean about it making a difference, I felt like that when I got my UK citizenship after 8 years of living there. Now you get to choose your nationality when you fill in forms :nice1 .

Debs

[cabbage32]

Hi Carol

I don't know if you're still active on this forum, but I was wondering i you could tell me how long the citizenship application took? - I need to get it sorted so I can apply for a full student loan but it seems like a huge delay at the moment!
ta

[Trigirl]

hi cabbage - as someone pointed out on the other thread you posted on - if you have permanent residence (which i assume you do to become a citizen) then you are already eligible for a student loan.

[katandbob]

hi cabbage - as someone pointed out on the other thread you posted on - if you have permanent residence (which i assume you do to become a citizen) then you are already eligible for a student loan.
and if you have been in the country for more than 2 yrs then you could also qualify for a student allowance(do not have to pay this back)

we can't claim it for Jason but we can get a loan - he has borrowed enough to pay the costs of books etc, but has decided not to claim for living costs( he was entitled to claim up to $150 a week) but when looking at the figure at the end of the year ($8,000+) at the age of 16 he decided to say no!) he has $1550,00 debt now

Hope that helps

Kat

[nippa&pippa]

Congratulation to you and your family from us :nice1 :raebanana

Now you get to choose your nationality when you fill in forms :nice1 .

Debs

Oh yes been there! With Jamaica's and UK's...NZ's next for me.....