Citizenship Tomorrow π
Jun 4th 2018, 10:53 am
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Citizenship Tomorrow π
Hello BEers!!
Just popping in to say I get my citizenship tomorrow (Tue 5 Jun) as part of a ceremony at Auckland townhall.
For those interested in timelines;
- I met my case officer on 5 March to submit my application in person
- I received a letter, dated 12 Apr, telling me Iβd been granted Citizenship
- I got a letter, dated 7 May, telling me my ceremony date
- 5 June Iβll be made a Kiwi
Obviously timelines might change for a number of reasons, so just sharing FYI really.
Iβm feeling pretty happy to becoming a NZer tomorrow. It signifies a pretty good stretch here in NZ which on the whole has been good to me and my family.
Lastly Iβll leave you with this quote from my 7 year old daughter;
βDad. Iβm really pleased you get to become a New Zealand tomorrow, like me and Mum. But something tells me itβs (the ceremony) going to be really boring ... can I take your iPad ...?β π
Just popping in to say I get my citizenship tomorrow (Tue 5 Jun) as part of a ceremony at Auckland townhall.
For those interested in timelines;
- I met my case officer on 5 March to submit my application in person
- I received a letter, dated 12 Apr, telling me Iβd been granted Citizenship
- I got a letter, dated 7 May, telling me my ceremony date
- 5 June Iβll be made a Kiwi
Obviously timelines might change for a number of reasons, so just sharing FYI really.
Iβm feeling pretty happy to becoming a NZer tomorrow. It signifies a pretty good stretch here in NZ which on the whole has been good to me and my family.
Lastly Iβll leave you with this quote from my 7 year old daughter;
βDad. Iβm really pleased you get to become a New Zealand tomorrow, like me and Mum. But something tells me itβs (the ceremony) going to be really boring ... can I take your iPad ...?β π
Last edited by TommyLuck; Jun 4th 2018 at 10:57 am.
Jun 4th 2018, 11:30 am
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Re: Citizenship Tomorrow π
Hello BEers!!
Just popping in to say I get my citizenship tomorrow (Tue 5 Jun) as part of a ceremony at Auckland townhall.
For those interested in timelines;
- I met my case officer on 5 March to submit my application in person
- I received a letter, dated 12 Apr, telling me Iβd been granted Citizenship
- I got a letter, dated 7 May, telling me my ceremony date
- 5 June Iβll be made a Kiwi
Obviously timelines might change for a number of reasons, so just sharing FYI really.
Iβm feeling pretty happy to becoming a NZer tomorrow. It signifies a pretty good stretch here in NZ which on the whole has been good to me and my family.
Lastly Iβll leave you with this quote from my 7 year old daughter;
βDad. Iβm really pleased you get to become a New Zealand tomorrow, like me and Mum. But something tells me itβs (the ceremony) going to be really boring ... can I take your iPad ...?β οΏ½ οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½
Just popping in to say I get my citizenship tomorrow (Tue 5 Jun) as part of a ceremony at Auckland townhall.
For those interested in timelines;
- I met my case officer on 5 March to submit my application in person
- I received a letter, dated 12 Apr, telling me Iβd been granted Citizenship
- I got a letter, dated 7 May, telling me my ceremony date
- 5 June Iβll be made a Kiwi
Obviously timelines might change for a number of reasons, so just sharing FYI really.
Iβm feeling pretty happy to becoming a NZer tomorrow. It signifies a pretty good stretch here in NZ which on the whole has been good to me and my family.
Lastly Iβll leave you with this quote from my 7 year old daughter;
βDad. Iβm really pleased you get to become a New Zealand tomorrow, like me and Mum. But something tells me itβs (the ceremony) going to be really boring ... can I take your iPad ...?β οΏ½ οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½
(It will be very boring for your daughter though. Most of it will be very boring for you too - there were a lot of new citizens to get through at my ceremony in Auckland townhall just a few years ago).
Last edited by Clappy; Jun 4th 2018 at 11:33 am. Reason: Typo
Jun 5th 2018, 9:15 am
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Glad to see you back on BE Tommy. Hope your ceremony went well, I've just got back from my friend's ceremony in Wellington tonight. He came to mine a few years ago, so invited me to his :-)
Jun 5th 2018, 7:44 pm
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Congrats on your Citizenship, hope your ceremony and photo are good.
I'm always interested in what little present they give you, myself and DD got a flower made from flax, DS got a keyring of a miniture $10.00 bill and MrF got a small book, can't remember what it was on though and he now can't find it
I'm always interested in what little present they give you, myself and DD got a flower made from flax, DS got a keyring of a miniture $10.00 bill and MrF got a small book, can't remember what it was on though and he now can't find it
Jun 5th 2018, 9:53 pm
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Nice one Tommy (my birthday is 5 June by coincidence)
Hope it went well and you didn't have to wait to long before your name got called.
I got a greenstone necklace as my Citizenship Ceremony present. I have it and keep it precious.
Hope it went well and you didn't have to wait to long before your name got called.
I got a greenstone necklace as my Citizenship Ceremony present. I have it and keep it precious.
Jun 6th 2018, 2:44 am
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wow you got a great present.
Jun 6th 2018, 3:11 am
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Nice to see you TL. Hope your ceremony was memorable.
We got two spindly kowhai trees. Made us laugh it did as they grow like weeds and we are always pulling up baby ones.
MrBEVS did try to decapitate the mayor though . He'd offered to move the flagstaff through the door to outside for the assorted photo shoots.
We got two spindly kowhai trees. Made us laugh it did as they grow like weeds and we are always pulling up baby ones.
MrBEVS did try to decapitate the mayor though . He'd offered to move the flagstaff through the door to outside for the assorted photo shoots.
Jun 6th 2018, 7:11 pm
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TL - will you apply for your NZ Passport now you have your NZ citizenship ?
Jun 14th 2018, 4:58 am
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I quite enjoyed the ceremony!
Perhaps I'd downplayed it in my head, but it was actually quite engaging.
The sheer volumes of names being rattled off was the dullest part for sure!
Yay!
I got given a book of stories about immigrants from around the world and what New Zealand means to them.
I was about a third of the way through, I reckon.
Absolutely. I am in the process. $180 well spent.
Perhaps I'd downplayed it in my head, but it was actually quite engaging.
The sheer volumes of names being rattled off was the dullest part for sure!
Congrats on your Citizenship, hope your ceremony and photo are good.
I'm always interested in what little present they give you, myself and DD got a flower made from flax, DS got a keyring of a miniture $10.00 bill and MrF got a small book, can't remember what it was on though and he now can't find it
I'm always interested in what little present they give you, myself and DD got a flower made from flax, DS got a keyring of a miniture $10.00 bill and MrF got a small book, can't remember what it was on though and he now can't find it
I got given a book of stories about immigrants from around the world and what New Zealand means to them.
Absolutely. I am in the process. $180 well spent.
