BenP

Without sounding crazy but our online status has changed to approved, does this mean that's it or are we still subject to a second opinion or suchlike? I used to look at the help page on the nzis website saying what the status changes meant but now can't find it!

BenP

Right found the page I couldn't and it says approved without expiry date so visas yet to be issued! Yippee

Celticknight

Congratulations

Ian.

MrsFychan

CONGRATS

and from your signature line extremely fast as well.

so what are your plans now?

BenP

Well we're a little confused as had an email this week stating 3/4 weeks, now it's approved, so not sure quite what happens next but, we need to...

Book flights
Pack everything
Book shipping container
Sell both cars
Hand my notice in at work
Sort last few bits of paperwork etc...

Feels like a tornado is about to go off!

MrsFychan

you may want to look at if it is financially beneficial to sell the cars rather than export them. When we looked it it worked out roughly £500 + £200 insurance on the container and then $1000 import fees (roughly) to ship the car over and you cannot get a heap of metal for that over here, I've been told

BenP

We could only ship one of the cars as the 2nd we have had for less than a year, I cannot get anywhere near £500 shipping costs for the car, if i could I would consider it.

MrsFychan

what size container are you booking.? we just put our car on the household container. sorry if you have already looked into this and discounted just wanted to give some options that you may not be aware of.

scrubbedexpat094

WooHoo! Many Congratulations!


Don't forget to add yourself to the appropriate leaving thread too . I shall be starting the April one very soon.

BenP

yes had an email monday cofirming the approval, just need to take our passports in to be stamped, oh and hand over even more cash!

Persephone

Congratulations

Yeah, it's not cheap, this emigrating malarky...

BenP

Well it's official, we received our passports back today complete with our visas attached! Woohooooo

Stormer999

How long were your passports in the post and did you get the option of taking them down to London personally?

BenP

Our case was a little different as I work abroad so need my passport constantly, we were in the uk for this week only, couldn't get an appointment at such short notice at the branch so we sent via royal mail special delivery on Saturday when we got back to the uk, asked for a call when they were processed to decide if posting them back or collection was best.

I had an email Tuesday morning saying they were in our case handlers hand and a call 9am Wednesday morning to say they were done, and had them in hand at noon today.

We had arranged it with our case handler before we even got back here as we leave again Sunday morning.

I have to say our case handler has been superb, very polite, friendly helpful and extremely efficient!

MrsFychan

thats great news, so when you coming over and where?

seriously can't believe how quickly it was done, who'd you sleep with /got photo's of in compromising positions ?