thegatehouse
6th August 2006, 05:55 PM
Well, we have got our PR now and those blue stickers look great. All in all it has only taken 6 months from arriving in NZ to getting the job offer, WP etc etc and now PR. I have to say that I really thought it may take a whole lot longer but it kinda goes to show that if "this" is what you really want then perhaps the best way is to get your Butt out here and be as pro active as you can. There are downsides to doing it this way though and for us , that was a fairly long separation (7 months!!), some financial issues, ie no salary for a while and living on savings, luckily for us I was able to stay with family so my actual accommodation costs wer fairly small.
our house is sold in the UK now and our cat is due to arrive on 17th Aug. I take over a rental property in Half Moon Bay (Manukau City, Auckland) this Thurs and fully expect my wife and daughter to be here around the 20th Aug (at long last!!).
We used Whites for our removals and it was all picked up on Thurs/Fri last week and should be here in approx 10 weeks time so I am beg, stealing (not really) and borrowing as much stuff as poss to tide us over for a while.
Well thats pretty much me up to date now so will check in again soon....
Bruce
our house is sold in the UK now and our cat is due to arrive on 17th Aug. I take over a rental property in Half Moon Bay (Manukau City, Auckland) this Thurs and fully expect my wife and daughter to be here around the 20th Aug (at long last!!).
We used Whites for our removals and it was all picked up on Thurs/Fri last week and should be here in approx 10 weeks time so I am beg, stealing (not really) and borrowing as much stuff as poss to tide us over for a while.
Well thats pretty much me up to date now so will check in again soon....
Bruce