Apologies for the lack of blog action of late; it's not that we have not been up to anything - just that we have not had time to write it up. Amanda has been tasked with writing the next blog post and she is currently suffering a little writers block.
We do however, have some news that cannot wait!
Earlier this week, and totally unexpectedly Amanda received an electronic mail saying that our immigration status had changed.
The very next day we received these in the post:
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That's right people, we are now bona-fide residents of New Zealand. Brilliant! So what does this mean...?! Well in short it means that we are now entitled to stay here indefinitely, live anywhere and, most importantly, work anywhere.
For those of you worried that you may never see us again - don't worry it's not a definite that we are staying, just that we have longer to decide. And for those of you hoping to never see us again - sorry to disappoint, but you almost certainly will!
We were not expecting to receive a decision on this until well into next year; we were told to expect an answer in between 6 and 9 months. So we are very surprised and pretty chuffed to have received it in just 7 short weeks..! Brilliant!
This gave us the perfect excuse to break out the bubbles Amanda was given by friends for her birthday. And where better or more appropriate to celebrate than on a beach, with a view one of Auckland's most famous landmarks - Rangitoto island....?
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