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Forum: New Zealand
Apr 13th 2013, 3:57 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,634
Posted By ellenl

Re: construction work Christchurch

Hey there, yes there are loads of jobs available here and loads of English people doing the same thing you're thinking.
You will meet people when you get here.
The only thing to look in to is...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Dec 3rd 2012, 5:19 am
Replies: 4
Views: 878
Posted By ellenl

Re: Partner visa- info needed!

Hi

My 'work visa' obtained through the Family Partnership Category took 5 days to process! (we had an overload of info showing we were together & I had a visa a few years earlier so not sure if...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 5th 2012, 5:17 am
Replies: 7
Views: 939
Posted By ellenl

Re: Getting married in UK

Hi
I got married to my NZ partner in June, luckily we were there for a few years but we still had to give notice to the registrar (not in our local city) which was different to the normal way of...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 13th 2012, 3:34 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 4,733
Posted By ellenl

Re: October 2012 Leavers and NZ arrivals thread.

I'm arriving in Christchurch :)
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 12th 2012, 6:59 am
Replies: 59
Views: 4,733
Posted By ellenl

Re: October 2012 Leavers and NZ arrivals thread.

October 14th I'm coming back to Christchurch with my Kiwi husband - been in the UK 2.5 years, now ready to make one final move back for good.
Nervous to see how different Chch is and try & get...
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 20th 2012, 7:16 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 5,081
Posted By ellenl

Re: Do I accept the offer???

Hi
I'd take the offer, my parents neighbours have been trying to sell their place for years, they already have visa's and want to emigrate but need to sell and can't!
Surely you miss your husband...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Jun 2nd 2012, 7:24 pm
Replies: 67
Views: 5,765
Posted By ellenl

Re: Flight or visa first??????????????

Hi,
I got a work visa through my partner the other week & it took 5 days but they had spelt my middle name wrong so my passport has gone back again, should get it back by end of next week...
Forum: New Zealand
May 15th 2012, 7:12 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,867
Posted By ellenl

Re: Adventure tourism, 2 air crashes and marijuana

there is a 2 page spread on the incident in the Daily Mail (how not to go on a gap year) today & also they have a Facebook page called 'NZSafety' that you can 'like'
Forum: New Zealand
May 13th 2012, 2:14 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,867
Posted By ellenl

Re: Adventure tourism, 2 air crashes and marijuana

It was on the BBC morning news as someone had said, I watched the whole interview, the father was obvoiusly distraught & made out that NZ was a bad place to visit, the sister kept said how its a...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Apr 25th 2012, 8:55 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 875
Posted By ellenl

Re: NZ immigration timeline

I think its 6 months from the date on the visa sticker (so when its issued)
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 23rd 2012, 4:15 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,184
Posted By ellenl

Re: Flights first or visa first?

Hi there,
I had the same problem a while back with my partners visa but we ended up just changing the flights & paying for the changes (most fares are flexible)
Ended up paying a little more than...
Forum: New Zealand
Apr 15th 2012, 6:22 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 906
Posted By ellenl

Re: That was worth an email!

Thanks for this info, i also emailed them to check & they said it's for a residence visa that is unused/unstamped - so that will be me.

Thanks
Ellen
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Mar 30th 2012, 10:11 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 609
Posted By ellenl

Re: Best visa route to take...

Hi there,

I would also go with Option 2, once you are there & in a job it will be easier to move up or forward to progress in to something you want to do.
The only problem you may find is when...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Feb 11th 2012, 1:05 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,215
Posted By ellenl

Re: Medical Referred Again

Thanks for the info, i called both the ones that are available in my city & there's a £70 price difference - its so expensive - much cheaper to get it done in NZ ( i had one there a 2008)
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Feb 9th 2012, 6:22 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,215
Posted By ellenl

Re: Medical Referred Again

Hi,

How much is is it for the medical please?
X-ray
Blood tests etc..

Thanks

Ellen
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 5th 2012, 4:24 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,697
Posted By ellenl

Re: cheapest flights yet

Sounds good.

Anyone looking at one way flights to Christchurch from Manchester - Singapore airlines are about £200 cheaper than all the others (for October anyway)
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 5th 2012, 4:08 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 750
Posted By ellenl

Re: Shipping belongings over

Hi everyone

Thank you for your replies & the link, we will only be sending a small amount over, its mainly things we have collected whilst living here for 2 years, no furniture - just sentimental...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 4th 2012, 9:43 am
Replies: 8
Views: 750
Posted By ellenl

Shipping belongings over

Hi,

Can anyone reccomend a company near to York/Leeds that we can use for shipping our stuff over to NZ.
I can't see any posts on here for this question.

Thanks !
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 22nd 2012, 8:52 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,827
Posted By ellenl

Re: We're going home (UK) for a visit later this year

Hi
Its usually better to go with one carrier all the way and back - if there are any problems with one flight (late) then the other will be covered.
I dont think that its better to fly to Aus...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Nov 26th 2011, 8:45 am
Replies: 19
Views: 2,038
Posted By ellenl

Re: Fly out on 30th Nov. NZ wife, UK Husband... urgent question guys!

Hi Alan,

I am a Uk citizen with Kiwi husband to be. We are applying for a visa before we go back but there was an option to get it once I was there.

Immigration may ask you for an onward...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 22nd 2011, 8:25 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 3,054
Posted By ellenl

Re: Honest asessment of Christchurch

Hi

You will have a great time in Christchurch, all my partner's family & our friends live there, non of them have moved away because of the earthquake, i still know lots of people who have...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Sep 30th 2011, 7:58 am
Replies: 0
Views: 643
Posted By ellenl

NZ Immigration London

Hi all

Has anyone had any experience in getting a partner work visa for NZ from the London immigration office - i'm wondering how long it might take as I don't want to give up my passport for too...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Sep 30th 2011, 7:54 am
Replies: 2
Views: 1,171
Posted By ellenl

Re: Partnership visa but not living together

Hi Louise

You do have to have lived together for 2 years to get a partner visa if you're partner is a resident - so i'm presuming it's the same if you go over for work?
They ask for evidence of...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 25th 2011, 1:50 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 3,735
Posted By ellenl

Re: Moving to New Zealand in November

New Zealand is such a lovely place- I am in the Uk for another year with my Kiwi fiancee, I can't wait to go back to NZ, I lived there for 3 years & im now in the Uk with my fiancee for him to...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Jul 29th 2011, 7:23 am
Replies: 3
Views: 660
Posted By ellenl

Re: Partner 30+ any advice?

can she apply for a skilled visa? has she got any qualifications?
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