[lindajax]

Hi all,

Well what a week we're having eh!!! :eek

We've got our PR today passports and everything with return visa etc. :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana

Relieved and elated! :P

It seems years since we started this process and after our EOI was declined back in April we had lost momentum a bit.
When September came ( A sad time after the loss of a baby 12 months before) and we were still here we kicked ourselves up the proverbial and knuckled down to making that dream a reality for us

It seems to have happened very quickly from then.

We got all our documents and registrations and meds etc before applying again in October and this seems to have speeded us up a bit.
However, we kept in contact regularly with our case worker who was a star all through and I think her diligence and the fact that we were people to her rather than an EOI number really helped the process.

In Oct we rang her to say 'what do we do now, - Work, residency or what' and she reinstated our EOI and it has been just been a total of about 6 weeks to getting our PR( 2 weeks to collect further bits - they recieved our stuff 20 Oct). She was working to the timescale of my job and our leaving/flight dates but I do feel she's been MAGNIFICENT to us.
I also need to add I had a job and am on the POL as a nurse.

I am soooooooooooooo excited and after the last two weeks with car trouble and havig to move in 2 weeks time it is such a lift and nothing seems so insurmountable and difficult anymore. :yes

GOOD GOD WE WILL DEFINATELY BE STARTING A NEW LIFE IN 2005
thats amazing to me - mind blowing. :eek

Lucy was charging around with her passport singing " whoa we 're going to New Zealand , Whaoa its another country, Whoa its gonna be really sunny, Whoa and were gonna live by the sea"

Thanks for all the recent support - still gotta pack up etc and move in with the inlaws, sort banking etc but with the pressure off by having the visa it seems less daunting to do those things ( probably won't be saying this in a copule of days when I've come down off my cloud 9 :eek )

Will keep you posted on our moving exploits!
Love Linda
xx

[xanctus]

Linda...congratulations!! :cheers :cheers :cheers
hope the best for you guys later on...and keep us posted with new stuffs :nice1

[Nicola]

Congrats Linda and Ali :clap

Hope your new life in NZ in the new year will be all you dreamed off.

Well done for having a dream and sticking to it.

Good luck :nice1

[Danpoll]

Congrats to you both,

:clap :clap

now you want to go away for the weekend recharge the batteries then begin the next offfensive.

best of luck with the move, and last one to NZ buys the beers

regards

Dan

[chips]

Great feeling Init :clap :clap :clap :clap

Enjoy Chips

[Diny]

Ay up !!

Well done. All that hassle was worth it in the end. Really happy for you. Keep us posted.

Diny

[markkellaway]

Congratulations Linda & Ali!! :nice1

Now all the "oldies" on the forum seem to be getting positive news I can't help feeling we must be soon too, and can't help being just a little scared! :?

This really is great news, good luck and keep us all in touch with progress.

Mark. :P

[leslie]

this is just fab! you must be ecstatic!

had begun to think the eoi process was a money-maker for nz revenue and that there is no such thing as pr. if hadn't lived there i'd be thinking nz didn't actually exist but is just one of those mad schemes in the back of private eye. now know better thanks to you.

the fun begins... good luck with everything and all the best to you and yours.

[bbq]

Linda, Ali

Brilliant News, so happy for you both

all the best - and I look forward to further episodes of your move

cheers

alex
:cheers :cheers :cheers

[Arlevien]

Congrats Linda!! Best of Luck to ur new Kiwi Life!

[jesselyn]

congratulations, sis! :clap
im v. happy for you, ali and lucy! :nice1

all the best - hugs...
jes :angel

[jo b]

Oh Linda/ali

this must be like a lottery win eh!

I am Really pleased :nice1 at least that is one load off your mind, with a million things to do. I'm glad it has lifted your spirits and made what may seem like a mountain now a mere molehill.

Big Hugs

Jo & Ian

[Timbo]

Linda & Ali. You deserve nothing less, well done. Hope all goes smoothly for you from here on.
I hope I get that all important job offer soon, or I am going to left here all on my own. :laugh

[Milliemoo]

Wahooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

With a capital WAH !!! :P :P :P

Milliemoo ;)

[sarahw]

So great to hear good news! Congratulations! - crack open the bubbly! :clap :cheers :clap

[Kim39]

Linda/Ali,

You jammy pair of St Helens, no refrain from using naughty expletives. Eh up, well done :clap :clap :clap :clap Beers are on you on 27th i'm afraid.
Come on get that luck to rub off on some of us here.

Kim

[Tara Sage]

:cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers

Hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well done Linda and Ali :nice1

[Pamela]

Linda and Ali

CONGRATULATIONS :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap you must still be up on the ceiling, Good Luck with the packing and everything else keep up the great posts. When you have come back down from the ceiling :cheers :cheers


Pamela :nice1 :nice1

[Tash]

Congrats Linda and Ali

Linda, am I right in thinking that you're going to be working at Middlemore Hospital? Hubby works there. I'm sorry we won't get to meet, as we're heading down south. I'm sure you're going to enjoy it. Apparently it's a lot less stressful than the NHS. Be cautious when deciding where to live, as traffic is somewhat congested during peak times. Can be a bit tricky, especially if Ali works in the city, but anywhere central will do.
Today Auckland is a balmy 20 degrees. It's gorgeous, feels just like summer. Good luck with the preparations.

[Michelle and Richard]

Will have a drink for you when we head out tonight its just a lovely lovely evening here in Auckland.

Look forward to meeting you soon, you know where we are if you need us.

Michelle

[shagen]

Hi Linda & Ali,

Congrats! I can imagine how you must feel! Starting a new life at a new place in a new year! You couldn't have had it better!

Cheers,

[dphillview]

Congrats and well done to you Linda, Ali and Lucy :clap :clap :cheers :cheers

After what must seem like a very rocky year, you've done the hard part and made it happen....well done!!!!! :nice1

We wish you and your family all the very best for your new life in NZ, good luck with the flight and keep us posted with all your news!!

:cheers :cheers

Take Care

[lindajax]

Thanks you all for the lovely congrats and words of encouragement - feeling delicate this am - must've been the vodka that followed the wine! :uhoh

Six weeks today and we'll be off - Flippin eck! Can't wait that long I wanna go NOW!!!!!!! :wah

On a different note

How bizzare this morning to wake up to frozen cars etc ( ali couldn't get in his!) after watching the day after tomorrow last night!! freaked me out abit when I went outside I can tell yer. :eek

Wierder still - We won't ( hopefully) see very much of this kind of freezing weather in NZ. Will we miss it - NEVER!!!!!!

Thanks again All
Love Linda xxx

[Moorf]

All the best to you and yours for the move ahead... you'll be fine, you seem well clued up and sorted :nice1

xx

[Babette & Andy]

:clap :nice1 :clap :nice1 Linda, Ali & Lucy - so well deserved guys. Just the kind of news I love to hear about when catching up on threads posted since monday (it's taking me hrs :eek )
So much to celebrate on the 27th, so much to talk about, so many drinks to be bought by all for all (not forgetting the drinks are on you Kim :mrgreen: )
Hope the next few weeks run as smooth as they can, enjoy if possible. See you guys soon.

Big hug
Babette

[Lil]

Sorry am a bit late here, was out on the razz last night and I missed a night forum reading, making up for it with a late night tonight. :laugh

Well done to the Jax - all sorted = TICK
Party Party Party = still to do :cheers

Really pleased for you!

[Caven]

Well done and congratulations to both of you, you can now say to people Summer's only a few weeks away!! :nice1

[blue]

Congratulations great news all the best for the future

[Sarah Jane]

Congrats Linda, I know how it feels and I know your heads spinning like mine....the exorcist anit got nothing on me at the moment.....my head is spinning 360 degrees all ways!!!!

[KD17]

Excellent News :clap :clap

An inspiration to the rest of us to keep on keeping on..

We wish you all the best. :nice1


Keith & Debby

[funkstar deluxe]

ah wow, linda that so fantastic. Im so happy for you both.

We have our meds nxt week then the ITAs off - our flights to AKL are booked for 17th Jan!!

See you on the other side :)

[westie]

Massive congratulations to you both! It must all seem worth it now.
:clap :cheers :clap
maria