How's life in NZ/Aus?

Mellor

Yeah, prices in shops/eating out haven't increased since i got here.

People are just unable to compare accross currencies.

mandrake04

Yay...Scored me self a new job today

am_sunny

Rebel Boy wrote: »

Go for Melbourne. Much better city then Sydney IMO. Has a European feeling to it IMO. Its a lot more layed back compared 2 Sydney. Accommation isn't as expensive as Sydney ither. Have u been to both cites before or will it be your first time?

First time for me!
Heading to Sydney for and few weeks first and might do Melbourne then and see which one takes my fancy! Alot of people telling me go to Melbourne though.

Rebel Boy

am_sunny wrote: »

First time for me!
Heading to Sydney for and few weeks first and might do Melbourne then and see which one takes my fancy! Alot of people telling me go to Melbourne though.

You'll know yourself after you've been to both cities which you prefer. Everyone has different views. You'll prefer one over the other. Have u accommodation booked etc?

Vorsprung

Is it just me or are people noticing a lot of people coming on and almost expecting someone else to organise a new life for them in Oz?? Now I know that tips are always useful (eg what's the best airline to fly with) but questions like "What's the cheapest airline to fly with?" annoy me. I mean, look it up yourself! Different prices for different times of year for different airlines, flying into different cities!

The visa one is another one that gets me? "How do I get my trade recognised?". Maybe Google "getting a trade recognised in Australia" is a good start?!

Am I just getting short tempered in my old age, or is it reflective of people getting lazy?

/Rant over

Zambia

Yes your right we are considering a FAQ. I have been trying to estabilish one but it gets rather big when I draft it. As the AUS/NZ forum we tend to handle the same sort of stuf a lot and the questions that come with it.

For every topic we have to veins NZ and OZ

Questions on WHV's

Questions on Migrating

These are vast everything from certifying docs to Visa requirements


But in the end most questions should be directed at the DIAC website for Oz anyway as things change.

Questions on Jobs

Hard to FAQ as this also change

We will see how it pans out

am_sunny

Rebel Boy wrote: »

You'll know yourself after you've been to both cities which you prefer. Everyone has different views. You'll prefer one over the other. Have u accommodation booked etc?

No we're travelling the east coast for the first month before we get to Sydney. Think we'll stay n a hostel for the first week there see if anyone else is looking to rent. been looking at places to rent but man are they expensive so i'd say we'll have to house share.

Mackman

I hope you guys up in Queensland arent affected by these floods
Unbelieveable. And there's bush fires all over the shop over here. This country's mad

watna

Urgh - things getting complicated and expensive with my passport.

I need a new Irish passport - it expires in October. I'll need to get this through the Irish consulate in Auckland and they send it back to Dublin so it takes ages. I also need to renew my returning residents visa. It expires in March. Once I do that I'll have a permanent returning residents visa. So I have to pay $200 for a new returning residents visa, then about $160 for a new passport I (at least I hope it's dollars and not euro) and then pay immigration New Zealand $90 to transfer the returning residents visa and my residency permit in to my new passport. $90!
Shower of bastards. That price is ridiculous.

mandrake04

I am going avoid the hassle you are having by getting my citizenship in Oz next week, permanent residency only lasts 5 years and then you have to pay $260 for for a RRV.

Citizenship lasts a life time for $260.. and the Aussie passport is dead handy for coming back through immigration. I also have my Irish/Brit passport staggered at 5 years apart so at least one Euro passport should be valid going back the other way.

watna

mandrake04 wrote: »

I am going avoid the hassle you are having by getting my citizenship in Oz next week, permanent residency only lasts 5 years and then you have to pay $260 for for a RRV.

Citizenship lasts a life time for $260.. and the Aussie passport is dead handy for coming back through immigration. I also have my Irish/Brit passport staggered at 5 years apart so at least one Euro passport should be valid going back the other way.

Smart Thinking! I have a passport from another country too which is up for renewal next month as well. I might find out how long you can let it expire and still get a new one. It's a handy pasport to have (it's an American one) so I don't want to lose it completely even though I never use it

Claasman

hey watna, just applying for my first work permit tomorrow here in nz, just wondering what your processing time was like? I applying in hamiltom, website says 30 days, hope its quicker than that!

watna

Claasman wrote: »

hey watna, just applying for my first work permit tomorrow here in nz, just wondering what your processing time was like? I applying in hamiltom, website says 30 days, hope its quicker than that!

I don't have a work visa - I have permanent residency which took 6 months. I did apply for a work visa while the residency application was in process as I thought my WHV would expire before my residency came through. They both came through on the same day in the end so immigration New Zealand refunded me the work visa fee. I think it did take about 5 - 6 weeks for the work visa to come through. The times on the website seem to be fairly accurate. Good luck!

mandrake04

watna wrote: »

Smart Thinking! I have a passport from another country too which is up for renewal next month as well. I might find out how long you can let it expire and still get a new one. It's a handy pasport to have (it's an American one) so I don't want to lose it completely even though I never use it

Yank one is gold, I know a guy from Tyrone has Irish, Brit, Aus & Yank.

watna

mandrake04 wrote: »

Yank one is gold, I know a guy from Tyrone has Irish, Brit, Aus & Yank.

Can you really have that many?

I could get a British one if I wanted and in a few years a NZ one. I thought I could only have two nationalities.

Very interesting /strokes chin

mandrake04

watna wrote: »

Can you really have that many?

I could get a British one if I wanted and in a few years a NZ one. I thought I could only have two nationalities.

Very interesting /strokes chin

some countries only allow 1 and some allow 2.

Think all the good ones allow as many as you want http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=696630

Vorsprung

This humdity is killing me. Why did I move to QLD!?

jonnieb

Hi guys and gals,

Just got my NZ EOI accepted for a skilled migrant visa from the pool and it'll be checked and an offer to apply for residency will be sent in due course. How much of a time limit is on the application to return it to them??
I am in New Zealand at the moment and working too, I just need to get two qualifications recognised over here so I can send off the NZQA assesments with my application. The thing is that these qualifications by the NZQA will take a bit of time cause its a lenghtly process as my qualifications are as an electrician and an electrical services engineer. I have not yet got my provisional license with the ERWB and I have a NZQA pre assessment done for the engineering which is an equivilant to a level 7 over here.
Anyone ever do the same in NZ or Oz, apply for the SMV before they had their qualifications fully recognised and if so, how did it work out for you??
Thanks

jank

jonnieb wrote: »

Hi guys and gals,

Just got my NZ EOI accepted for a skilled migrant visa from the pool and it'll be checked and an offer to apply for residency will be sent in due course. How much of a time limit is on the application to return it to them??
I am in New Zealand at the moment and working too, I just need to get two qualifications recognised over here so I can send off the NZQA assesments with my application. The thing is that these qualifications by the NZQA will take a bit of time cause its a lenghtly process as my qualifications are as an electrician and an electrical services engineer. I have not yet got my provisional license with the ERWB and I have a NZQA pre assessment done for the engineering which is an equivilant to a level 7 over here.
Anyone ever do the same in NZ or Oz, apply for the SMV before they had their qualifications fully recognised and if so, how did it work out for you??
Thanks

I had a NZQA assesment done. Just make sure you read the documents and their website on how to proceed with it in manner that is right. Be patient, very patient.

Keep the lines of communication open at all times. If they tell you something that is not right, call them up on it.

mandrake04

Thats it I am officially in the home-in-a-box club.

Zambia

You an oz citizen yet?

mandrake04

Zambia wrote: »

You an oz citizen yet?

Yip... got the other half of my brain removed yesterday afternoon.

Today is my first day as a Citizen

TKline

mandrake04 wrote: »

Yip... got the other half of my brain removed yesterday afternoon.

Today is my first day as a Citizen

Congratulations!

uglyjohn

mandrake04 wrote: »

Yip... got the other half of my brain removed yesterday afternoon.

Today is my first day as a Citizen

good for you! well done.

Zambia

Ok the ads at the bottom of the screen are sh1thouse.

Is anyone else but Cabansail and I getting silly fully animated with sounds ads at present?

They are Australian ads.

mandrake04

Yeah started doing the other day, gets annoying and double annoying if you got 2 windows open.

pclancy

Stupid ads for vanish. Quite scary when it suddenly started blasting out in work!

watna

Are any boardsies in Queensland? is everybody ok?

Yes - I get loud ads occasionally, NZ ones. It's weird when you're reading some of the threads in AH that sound really Irish and then some kiwi pops up! I haven't had one for ages though.

jank

Poor Queensland. Always getting the worst of it.

Zambia

Well the folks are coming over in two months first visit.

The question is do I move Harry out of their room before they arrive?



Poor lad already lost a leg.