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Forum: New Zealand

Jul 6th 2012, 9:34 pm

Replies: 16

banking queries..

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Posted By jeffrey.dalton

Re: banking queries..

Westpac told us the 30% deposit was standard policy for new immigrants on a owner occupied property and the advertised stuff didn't apply. It may be because we are americans. :)

Might be worth...

Forum: New Zealand

Jul 5th 2012, 12:53 am

Replies: 11

Moving from US to NZ - School year; housing; cars

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Posted By jeffrey.dalton

Re: Moving from US to NZ - School year; housing; cars

This is where the you have to be careful on advice in the forums... appliances from the US won't be selling on TradeMe as they dont work here so when someone says "bring everything" you have to ask...

Forum: New Zealand

Jul 4th 2012, 11:21 pm

Replies: 11

Moving from US to NZ - School year; housing; cars

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Posted By jeffrey.dalton

Re: Moving from US to NZ - School year; housing; cars

We moved from the US back in November so will try to answer a few of your questions based on our experience.

School year starts in end of January or beginning of February and ends mid December....

Forum: New Zealand

Jul 4th 2012, 9:07 pm

Replies: 3

are there any banks in the US that are also in NZ

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Posted By jeffrey.dalton

Re: banking queries..

The ones I have seen are:

HSBC - in Auckland and in the US
Some form of Citibank in Auckland and US

There may be others but all the US banks I researched were charging terrible rates and...

Forum: New Zealand

Jun 28th 2012, 8:02 am

Replies: 16

banking queries..

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Posted By jeffrey.dalton

Re: banking queries..

Westpac told us they have a strick policy of 30% down payment. Went to ASB and found they were happy with 20% down even though we are on Long Term Business Visa which means self employed. ASB really...

Forum: New Zealand

Jun 28th 2012, 7:58 am

Replies: 9

What would you do if you could do it all again?

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Posted By jeffrey.dalton

Re: What would you do if you could do it all again?

I would second the idea of renting for a while before trying to buy. Take some time and get to know the area....

Forum: New Zealand

Jun 28th 2012, 1:27 am

Replies: 37

LTBV declined - what to do next to keep trying

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Posted By jeffrey.dalton

Re: Business visa immigration

We immigrated on LTBV back in November of 2011. (feels pretty recent) ;)

Our application took about 4 months to approval. It ended up being delayed because one of the medical tests came back with...

Forum: New Zealand

Jun 27th 2012, 9:32 pm

Replies: 9

Been settled in New Zealand for 8 months now and love it!

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Posted By jeffrey.dalton

Re: Been settled in New Zealand for 8 months now and love it!

I suppose being happy clappy is more of a rarity on expat forums but is honestly what we have found in NZ. When we were researching from the USA we found it difficult to find good information and...

Forum: New Zealand

Jun 27th 2012, 9:12 pm

Replies: 9

What would you do if you could do it all again?

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Posted By jeffrey.dalton

Re: What would you do if you could do it all again?

Two things come to mind when I think of "do it all again".

First: We sold everything and brought 8 suitcases with us to immigrate to New Zealand. Looking back now I think we would have gone on a...

Forum: New Zealand

Jun 27th 2012, 5:24 am

Replies: 9

Been settled in New Zealand for 8 months now and love it!

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Posted By jeffrey.dalton

Been settled in New Zealand for 8 months now and love it!

Hello All,
Just dropping a line to say hello to the forum. Our family immigrated back in November of 2011 from the USA and are truly loving the NZ life. We are up in Kerikeri in the the far north. ...

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