spid

Where's he going - mine goes out to Oman in 5 days until mid March. We are going to the one in Leeds once he gets back - Edinburgh would have been great but he'll be away! As is always the way.

rebecca_brew

The lucky sod is heading out to Al Udeid week monday, not bad really, he went there last year as well but the pay off was 3mnths in Kandahar a month afterwards! Still Al Udeid sounds pretty good to me, warmth, pool, lattes, can't be bad!

rebecca_brew

Are any forces types going to the expo in london (april)??

garryhg

hi spid,jacky g here,sorry not read all the posts on here so don't know what your plans are for coming to nz....just wanted to pop in and say hi, your from our neck of the woods....we stayed in tayport before coming out to nz....

hows life in freezing cold fife at the moment.....if you don't mind me asking,do you have any kids,my daughter was at madras ,just wondered if you had any kids at that school...jacky

spid

i'll PM you

rebecca_brew

Okay so no-ones going....In that case do you think it will be worthwhile to go to the Expo even though we would be going to go out to NZ with the RNZAF (hopefully). Will the expo be of any use to us, if so what should I be looking for, who should I be talking to and what Q's should I be asking? Once again thanks in anticipation of your help! Becky xx

mops

Hi Rebecca we went to an expo in coventry last year , we found it really useful. There was plenty of professional people there to talk to about banking,transferring money ,pensions and removals galore. It is a very useful place to gain information. I Would just advise you to go with an open mind but not to get to caught up with what everyone is offering. We also had the opportunity to talk to the Newzealnd immigration people who where able to answer any queries we had about the process. We are in the early stages of our visas at the moment. Hope that is of some help.

mops

Like you, we need to send three quotes to get to our mail - so here is No. 2

rebecca_brew

Whoo hoo, I'm very excited, we had the e-mail through yesterday inviting hubby (and me) to go to London for the interview to join RNZAF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Divine Comedy

Well done!!!! sent you PM.

CJandCLARE

Well done!!. us too, its only about 6 weeks away as well!! Getting v nervous already!!!

rebecca_brew

Yay congrats...........I wonder if we could get together for a chat sometime even MSN or something would be good, it would be nice to have some faces to names and a small support network for the rough times I guess?? what do you lot think??

sjw1972

hey rebecca, weve just got our interview in london as well, were in lincoln
good luck. were unsure whether we can make it as hubby is off to afghan 4 may, trying to get it deferred for a fortnight so we can atttend interview

rebecca_brew

I'm sure they must have a contingency plan for people who are on ops, courses OOA etc, I would think they will help you out, all the people we have spoken to that side ahve been nice and helpful, don't wory too much........
BTW I wonder how many people are applying there must be loads of us! Hopefully some of us ladies can meet in London during the interview process for a bit of shopping and chats about NZ.....Good luck to all of you!:thumbsup

Also sending our best to you and your hubby for his Afghan trip.....

Divine Comedy

Good idea, I am very close to the group we came with.