so nice they named it twice
spent the day today in nyc talking with the ceo of the auckland based start-up that i spoke with last week – company h. more on that but first a minute on my experience taking the train compared to the…
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immigration agent hired
not for jackie or me – but for gromit. after reading the nz emigration forum for almost a year now i don’t think i’ve seen a single person who has hired an immigration agency to help them with their application…
a new hdtv
no – we didn’t get an htdv. we’re still hanging on to our 11 year old sony that won’t seem to die. but we could have a nice shinny new hdtv with the money we have spent on the immigration…
passports off to nzis
since the nz trip got cancelled (postponed for now i suppose) i took the opportunity to send off our passports and our migrant levy (£210) to nzis. they will affix our visas and we’ll be fully approved – done done…
you’ve always got a boss
jackie pointed out that i missed one of the better details from our adventures. as i mentioned earlier everything in our application need to be an original or a certified copy. a certified copy involves creating a document that says…
elvis has left the building
just dropped off the application at fedex – what a relief. 194 days after we started we finally have the application off to NZIS for review. updated timeline:start: 14-JUL-06, day 1EOI submitted: 31-JUL-06, day 17EOI selected: 02-AUG-06, day 19EOI approved…
five boxes ticked, $28.33 spent
saturday morning went on a road trip with the jboss to one of the few notary public’s who has weekend hours so we could get certified copies of our passpost and diplomas. this lets us check off 5 items on…
book’em danno
as part of our application we need to submit evidence of our clean criminal record. for us applicants that means our fbi “rap sheet.” to get your record you send in $18 and your fingerprints. the fbi site says we…
the eoi is in
one last set of changes, a final review and we hit the submit button. then the screen popped up asking for NZ$300. not likely to be the last expense. start: 14-JUL-06, day 1EOI submitted: 31-JUL-06, day 17EOI selected:ITA received:ITA submitted:interview:PR…
20 years later you’re still a deadbeat to the registrar
so i’ve starting gathering up the items that will be needed for the application – including university transcripts. i go to the cwru site and easily find the details on how to request a transcript. a few minutes and it…