Friday, June 26, 2009

Just call us....



PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF NEW ZEALAND!

Once again, miracles abound. Our case officer has already decided our application and has granted us permanent residency.

We are thrilled.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

On the subject of case officers and togs

Got word that our application arrived at Immigration New Zealand (INZ) yesterday and that as of today, we have a case officer who is assessing our application. This has to be nothing short of a miracle being the large bureaucracy that INZ is known to be. We were also told that "a decision (on our application for permanent residency)will be made in the next few days". Bring on the blueys!!!!

And for your viewing enjoyment, a little kiwi sense of humor....

Cheers!

Monday, June 22, 2009

So the adventure begins

At least it looks that way. Our immigration packet for our Invitation to Apply has been mailed to New Zealand Immigration in London and once there it should be moved to the front of the line pretty quickly as Cara, the nurse and grand poobah of this outfit, has a job offer from the Canterbury District Health Board. From all of our research (quite extensive, thank you) we should have our permanent resident stickers in about a month or two. So with today being Sunday, June 21 that gets us to the middle of July or August. And since we have already bought our plane tickets for an August 23 departure, we sure hope it works out this way or we have really screwed the pooch! It has been a very long time coming but sometime very soon all of our giddiness, nervousness, apprehension and everything else that comes with moving a family of four across the globe should be condensed down into four tiny blue stickers within the folds of our passports. How did this happen? Why did we decide to uproot ourselves and two young children and move to the middle of the South Pacific? When we figure it out, we'll be sure to let you know. Until then.....stay tuned.