I just got back from dropping off our main application at FedEx. 80 Dollah! Ouch! Scheduled to arrive at the London Branch by Friday. What a feeling! Not only got my pack a lot lighter after dropping off nearly 2 pounds of documents, but the whole experience. Even though it is not as if we have reached the point-of-no-return, nor that we have our residencies in our hands, but yet it seemed as if that moment had a certain weight and finality to it. For the past 8 months, the “emigration funnel” became narrower and narrower, and so far, this is the largest culmination of our efforts. Now the waiting game starts again, but the excitement level is a lot more elevated this time around. Hopefully the next post reagarding our status will be a very, very positive one.
What’s left to do until then, is further exploring our shipping options. Our goal is still to find a meat exporter from New Zealand who rents out its empty units for the ride home. So far we have found a few pretty reasonable (Kim disagrees) proposals from shippers who would ship straight to Christchurch. In the next weeks, I will try to add the “Resources” page, where I will discuss the shipping in more detail, along with a list of logistics companies that we or others have had experiences with.
And lastly, here is the latest immigration headline from NZ.
