Going for Permanent Residency in New Zealand

Well we like life here in NZ and we decided to go for permanent residency. I did put in our EOI ( expression of interest) and after paying the NZ$400 after 1 week we received a letter that we were selected and would be eligible to apply for permanent residency we just had to wait for the invitation to apply from the Wellington branch.

Now we received the whole information pack and it is like doing the whole procedure which we already did for the 3 year visa all over again. So in 2 days we will go for our medical check again and we will see what they say about the psoriasis this time. Also police certificates are required again but all good fun just keep smiling.

After all the paper work is ready we can submit it again and pay an initial NZ$ 1400 and if approved another 300NZ$ per person so NZ$1200 so quite expensive as well but we will save on school fees and other privileges available this makes up for it.

To be continued.........

New Zealand facts

Here a little list with facts on New Zealand

fact on NZ:
Estimated resident population At 31 March 2008
All ages 4,222,700
Under 15 years 887,900
15–64 years 2,811,700
65 years and over 523,200

more facts about new zealand:
* Visitor arrivals (140,500) were similar to May 2007 (140,800).
* There were more visitors from China (up 700), but fewer from the United States (down 1,000) and Thailand (down 600)
* New Zealand resident departures (174,000) were up 2 percent from May 2007 (171,300)
* There were more trips by New Zealand residents to Australia, the Cook Islands (both up 900) and China (up 800).
* Permanent and long-term arrivals exceeded departures by 1,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis.
• The number of people employed increased by 1.9 percent to 2,126,200 in the year
ended March 2007 – a record high.
• The number of people unemployed increased by 2.0 percent to 82,200 in the year
ended March 2007. The unemployment rate remained flat at 3.7 percent.

for more facts about new zealand please visit or call
Email: info stats.govt.nz
Phone toll-free: 0508 525 525
Phone international: +64 4 931 4600
Fax: +64 4 931 4610
Post: P O Box 2922, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Website: .stat.govt.nz

You will find all the New Zealand facts you need!

Bring family including dog to New Zealand

I hope in 2 weeks all my family will be here in New Zealand with me. Lena and Angelique are here since the 4th of July and the dog Carlo is in NZ since the 3rd of July but not with us yet. He is still in quarantine in Shadow Lans Levin.

I will write a lot more useful information about immigrating to New Zealand. I think useful because it will be my and our experience of moving to New Zealand.

talk soon
Marco

Office Close Down Wellington

Well my last day of the Christmas holidays is almost finished and on Monday I'll go back to work. The company closed down for 2 weeks over Christmas and New Year so I had a lot of time to go around.

My colleague even left me his car to drive around and I did we (I took a friend whom met in the bar :-)) we went to the south end of Wellington to see the coast line there and it was very nice to be there plus I didn't make any accidents driving on the wrong ...oops left side of the road. Now I am used to driving on the left and it really doesn't make a difference on the right or left it's all the same.

Today we went up to Featherston and on to Lake Ferry and had a look at the Pacific Ocean really great and my friend told me just to wait and see the South Island it is breath taking he says, so I am looking forward to go there but I'll wait for the rest of the family to arrive.

We also went to see the Dutch Shop in Petone on Jackson Street just for the fun of it, but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised of what they all had to offer :-) I don't have to miss any bad stuff :-) from Holland.

Also had a look at the future High School my daughter wants to visit looking good on the outside but will ahve to make an appointment with Hutt Valley High School to check it out properly.

cheers