What to expect in the airport upon arrival
Feb 17th 2017, 3:33 pm
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What to expect in the airport upon arrival
Hi all
Can anyone share arrival experiences with me please about your arrival when you moved with a residence or work visa in your passport ( not holiday experiences)... did the fact you were moving out create delays in the airport? I'm just trying to work out the logistics of our arrival day next month and not sure if it will take longer to get through?
TIA
Can anyone share arrival experiences with me please about your arrival when you moved with a residence or work visa in your passport ( not holiday experiences)... did the fact you were moving out create delays in the airport? I'm just trying to work out the logistics of our arrival day next month and not sure if it will take longer to get through?
TIA
Feb 17th 2017, 4:26 pm
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Re: What to expect in the airport upon arrival
You're treated as a NZer on arrival. Just head down the NZ citizen channel, easy peasy.
Feb 17th 2017, 4:58 pm
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Oh cool -so no delays trying to explain why we are there etc?
Feb 17th 2017, 7:47 pm
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First off you have to negotiate your way through the obligatory final duty free shopping opportunity and fight off an army of of women who will want to spray you with perfume. 
Feb 17th 2017, 7:56 pm
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Re: What to expect in the airport upon arrival
Just act cool so no body suspect you are a spy 
My dad went to Iraq in 1979 and he knew no one there and he is an electronic engineer then he worked as a worker in macaroni factory for two weeks then he sat next to an Egyptian expat in the train and he told him about an Iraqi institute to teach military there then he worked as an assistant teacher there for one year then he traveled to his brother in Kuwait with the intention to visit for a month then he went to the interview in Doha station of electricity then he worked there for the next 21 years then he got bored from people like me and quit and he is living isolated with almost normal mind and psyche for the last 15 years,, life is so simple yet disgusting, welcome to the world
My dad went to Iraq in 1979 and he knew no one there and he is an electronic engineer then he worked as a worker in macaroni factory for two weeks then he sat next to an Egyptian expat in the train and he told him about an Iraqi institute to teach military there then he worked as an assistant teacher there for one year then he traveled to his brother in Kuwait with the intention to visit for a month then he went to the interview in Doha station of electricity then he worked there for the next 21 years then he got bored from people like me and quit and he is living isolated with almost normal mind and psyche for the last 15 years,, life is so simple yet disgusting, welcome to the world
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Feb 17th 2017, 7:59 pm
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I don't remember that on trips to NZ... I'll blame Jetlag and the challenge of shepherding my kids through!
Feb 17th 2017, 10:05 pm
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Just act cool so no body suspect you are a spy My dad went to Iraq in 1979 and he knew no one there and he is an electronic engineer then he worked as a worker in macaroni factory for two weeks then he sat next to an Egyptian expat in the train and he told him about an Iraqi institute to teach military there then he worked as an assistant teacher there for one year then he traveled to his brother in Kuwait with the intention to visit for a month then he went to the interview in Doha station of electricity then he worked there for the next 21 years then he got bored from people like me and quit and he is living isolated with almost normal mind and psyche for the last 15 years,, life is so simple yet disgusting, welcome to the world
My dad went to Iraq in 1979 and he knew no one there and he is an electronic engineer then he worked as a worker in macaroni factory for two weeks then he sat next to an Egyptian expat in the train and he told him about an Iraqi institute to teach military there then he worked as an assistant teacher there for one year then he traveled to his brother in Kuwait with the intention to visit for a month then he went to the interview in Doha station of electricity then he worked there for the next 21 years then he got bored from people like me and quit and he is living isolated with almost normal mind and psyche for the last 15 years,, life is so simple yet disgusting, welcome to the world 
Feb 17th 2017, 10:33 pm
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Feb 17th 2017, 10:42 pm
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just make sure you have not got apples or had apples anywhere your luggage, huge no no. We got caught up with a sniffer dog as MIL had packed apples, luckily for us we were escorted (ran through the airport) by a staff member to catch our connecting flight and he had mentioned it so we had dumped them, but the sniffer dog still got the scent and we had to wait before we got the all clear.
Feb 17th 2017, 10:53 pm
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just make sure you have not got apples or had apples anywhere your luggage, huge no no. We got caught up with a sniffer dog as MIL had packed apples, luckily for us we were escorted (ran through the airport) by a staff member to catch our connecting flight and he had mentioned it so we had dumped them, but the sniffer dog still got the scent and we had to wait before we got the all clear.
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Re: What to expect in the airport upon arrival
just make sure you have not got apples or had apples anywhere your luggage, huge no no. We got caught up with a sniffer dog as MIL had packed apples, luckily for us we were escorted (ran through the airport) by a staff member to catch our connecting flight and he had mentioned it so we had dumped them, but the sniffer dog still got the scent and we had to wait before we got the all clear.
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Re: What to expect in the airport upon arrival
Just act cool so no body suspect you are a spy My dad went to Iraq in 1979 and he knew no one there and he is an electronic engineer then he worked as a worker in macaroni factory for two weeks then he sat next to an Egyptian expat in the train and he told him about an Iraqi institute to teach military there then he worked as an assistant teacher there for one year then he traveled to his brother in Kuwait with the intention to visit for a month then he went to the interview in Doha station of electricity then he worked there for the next 21 years then he got bored from people like me and quit and he is living isolated with almost normal mind and psyche for the last 15 years,, life is so simple yet disgusting, welcome to the world
My dad went to Iraq in 1979 and he knew no one there and he is an electronic engineer then he worked as a worker in macaroni factory for two weeks then he sat next to an Egyptian expat in the train and he told him about an Iraqi institute to teach military there then he worked as an assistant teacher there for one year then he traveled to his brother in Kuwait with the intention to visit for a month then he went to the interview in Doha station of electricity then he worked there for the next 21 years then he got bored from people like me and quit and he is living isolated with almost normal mind and psyche for the last 15 years,, life is so simple yet disgusting, welcome to the world
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