http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab There is no "One True Path" to emigrating. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/09/upgrades-to-avalons-blog-done/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/09/upgrades-to-avalons-blog-done/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:00:39 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=2725 Hubby has reminded me just how much he loathes coding – and was only calmed down my copious amounts of Tea, Chocolate and Top Gear yesterday while he battled to do the things I wanted him to do to the blog. Mostly it was a case of de-cluttering and tidying things up. It’s amazing how [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/09/upgrades-to-avalons-blog-done/feed/ 1 http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/04/a-ritual-cleansing-of-immigration-paperwork/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/04/a-ritual-cleansing-of-immigration-paperwork/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:36:45 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=2243 The amount of paperwork generated by having to fight INZ was truly scary, and was taking up space in my filing cabinet that was better used for other things. Like Toilet Paper. So, to say goodbye to the past 18 months, we have just had a ritual burning of all the crap. We have kept [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/04/a-ritual-cleansing-of-immigration-paperwork/feed/ 0 http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/03/so-how-exactly-did-we-get-residence-for-my-brother-so-quickly-part-3/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/03/so-how-exactly-did-we-get-residence-for-my-brother-so-quickly-part-3/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:00:15 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=2165 So, unbelievably, we managed to get a meeting, not with the case officer, because there wasn’t one; but with the person in charge of all family residence applications. I didn’t sleep much, had a migraine when i woke up, and also had a doctors appointment that morning for some tests; which ran late. SO by [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/03/so-how-exactly-did-we-get-residence-for-my-brother-so-quickly-part-3/feed/ 6 http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/03/so-how-exactly-did-we-get-residence-for-my-brother-so-quickly-part-2/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/03/so-how-exactly-did-we-get-residence-for-my-brother-so-quickly-part-2/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:47:26 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=2162 We managed to enjoy a family Christmas, but during January, the panic over how to deal with my brother possibly being kicked out of New Zealand started to return. I started not sleeping again, and began to wish I’d never come here in the first place. I started writing a letter to immigration stating the [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/03/so-how-exactly-did-we-get-residence-for-my-brother-so-quickly-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/03/so-how-exactly-did-we-get-residence-for-my-brother-so-quickly-part-1/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/03/so-how-exactly-did-we-get-residence-for-my-brother-so-quickly-part-1/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:52:08 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=2151 I’m sorry it has taken me so long to write this. After just over two years of dealing with the family sponsorship process, which is without a doubt much more difficult and stressful than getting residency as a skilled migrant – I’ve been knocked out with a chronic migraine. I can only assume my mind [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/03/so-how-exactly-did-we-get-residence-for-my-brother-so-quickly-part-1/feed/ 0 http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/02/the-last-winterbottom-becomes-a-resident/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/02/the-last-winterbottom-becomes-a-resident/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:32:54 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=2143 Details of how the hell this happened to follow – because you probably won’t believe it. As soon as I get my head round it myself, and get some sleep. Like what Avalon has to say? Click Here to buy Avalon's Guide or Click Here to buy the E-Book Related posts:You can now review Avalon’s [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/01/5-years/feed/ 1 http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/12/well-that-was-a-waste-of-one-year-of-my-life/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/12/well-that-was-a-waste-of-one-year-of-my-life/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:00:21 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=1746 Finally – we come to the end of a really shitty year for me. It started with finally deciding we had enough of NZIS pissing about over the medicals, and has ended with the Ombudsman telling us to basically get stuffed. Our letter starts off quite well, talking about our reference to the lack of [...] Related posts:

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