Moving abroad is not for the weak, that’s something I can say with certainty. Just over a year ago, my husband and I sat down and together, made the decision to pack up our lives and move across the world. The criteria was straight forward. We wanted to live in one of those countries where […]
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Good Morning New Zealand! Land of the long white cloud! | Migration Tales
Wow! What a journey! I’m not going to lie. I still have this feeling that I’m going to wake up and realise that I had actually been dreaming. Instead, I’m still sitting in a Home Affairs office, fast asleep because I’ve been there for hours waiting for nothing to happen. Yeah being here is weird […]
Final days in Cape Town | Migration Tales
We finally got our visas – all of them – last week Thursday! A year and two months after making the decision to leave, we are off and we leave in ten days. Ten days! I think we are somewhere on a spectrum between brave and absolutely completely insane. I think probably more insane. We’ve […]
Freaking hell, is this for real? | Migration Tales!
So after one hell of a fight with Home Affairs, we finally got my passport last week..did you see me jumping around like a crazy person with my passport? I can’t believe this fight is over! FINALLY!! In perhaps even more exciting news, my visa was also granted by Immigration New Zealand this week and […]
When perseverance brings success!
I have been fighting what felt like a losing battle against Home Affairs for the last year! I have spent hours on the phone and thousands of Rands trying to get an error in my passport corrected. I could not understand how, through no fault of my own, this mistake could not be fixed. It […]
Life at the moment: An update about my Home Affairs saga | Migration Tales
Hello wonderful people I know it has been a little while since I’ve written an update about my life and the progress of my move and my drama with home affairs so here is that post. The one where I tell you that things are still so confusing! lol, yup, by now you’re used to […]
