davetapson Posted January 19, 2019 Share Part of the financial migration process requires you to close all accounts. Then all funds are placed into a managed deposit account and once everything is in there like RAs and so on it’s transferred out and closed. If you want to continue having a bank account you need to reapply and meet certain criteria. https://www.fnb.co.za/forex/non-resident/cheque-accounts.html Why would you want to keep an account open?Supporting my aged mother. It's better if I can transfer cash from an SA account to her account rather than getting her to organise receipt of foreign transfers. Speaking of which, if anyone has ZARs mouldering away...[emoji6] l4y3rcake and Wayne Potgieter 2 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/155527-new-zealand-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page/198/#findComment-3444705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramrod Posted January 20, 2019 Share Supporting my aged mother. It's better if I can transfer cash from an SA account to her account rather than getting her to organise receipt of foreign transfers. Speaking of which, if anyone has ZARs mouldering away...[emoji6]You looking to exchange NZ$ for ZAR? Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/155527-new-zealand-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page/198/#findComment-3444744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 20, 2019 Share Myself and a fellow Saffer flew down to Christchurch for a date weekend with our bikes. The plan was to do 2 long rides (7hrs & 10hrs) exploring the back country. approx 7hrs & 80% offroad. approx 10hrs & 85% offroad. Unfortunately day 1 was cut short just 45min in after my friend drowned his bike in a river crossing (he should have followed the line I used to cross, hahaha). We spent the next 1.5hrs trying to breathe life back into it. The bike would start, but cut out when accelerating. We needed more than trail-side tools so called a mate to come fetch the lifeless bike and defeated rider. Back in the garage, after many hours stripping down and drying out components, we got it running properly again.Day 2 we decided to skip the planned route and opt for another go at Day 1's route, avoiding the offending crossing, just in case a repeat was on the cards. The scene of the crime. 1x drowned Suzuki Along the bank of the Waimakariri river At the top of Lees pass, looking out at the Canterbury plains. All in all, amazing weekend down in Canterbury. I can highly recommend exploring the areas, via any mode of transport! dirtypot, Wayne Potgieter, RossW and 3 others 6 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/155527-new-zealand-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page/198/#findComment-3444962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_ Posted January 21, 2019 Share Unfortunately day 1 was cut short just 45min in after my friend drowned *note to self, don't skim-read the hub... intern, Hairy and patches 3 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/155527-new-zealand-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page/198/#findComment-3444999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
niterider Posted January 21, 2019 Share Its not a big mission sending money over from here to SA. I make payment here online and my mom gets a call from her bank the next day to confirm the reason for the payment, and thats it. Supporting my aged mother. It's better if I can transfer cash from an SA account to her account rather than getting her to organise receipt of foreign transfers.Speaking of which, if anyone has ZARs mouldering away...[emoji6] Wayne Potgieter 1 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/155527-new-zealand-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page/198/#findComment-3445627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetapson Posted January 21, 2019 Share Its not a big mission sending money over from here to SA. I make payment here online and my mom gets a call from her bank the next day to confirm the reason for the payment, and thats it.You don't know my mom... Also is expensive, two banks fees plus *** exchange rate. niterider 1 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/155527-new-zealand-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page/198/#findComment-3445638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetapson Posted January 21, 2019 Share You don't know my mom... Also is expensive, two banks fees plus *** exchange rate.Am going to try xe.com and see what their fees come out like. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/155527-new-zealand-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page/198/#findComment-3445639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
intern Posted January 21, 2019 Share Myself and a fellow Saffer flew down to Christchurch for a date weekend with our bikes. The plan was to do 2 long rides (7hrs & 10hrs) exploring the back country. 50584691_384558542302495_2152093011197034496_n.png approx 7hrs & 80% offroad. 50000860_2216583528564997_8201021648330031104_n.png approx 10hrs & 85% offroad. Unfortunately day 1 was cut short just 45min in after my friend drowned his bike in a river crossing (he should have followed the line I used to cross, hahaha). We spent the next 1.5hrs trying to breathe life back into it. The bike would start, but cut out when accelerating. We needed more than trail-side tools so called a mate to come fetch the lifeless bike and defeated rider. Back in the garage, after many hours stripping down and drying out components, we got it running properly again. Day 2 we decided to skip the planned route and opt for another go at Day 1's route, avoiding the offending crossing, just in case a repeat was on the cards. Screenshot_20190121-100936_Video Player.jpgThe scene of the crime. 1x drowned Suzuki IMG-20190119-WA0001.jpgAlong the bank of the Waimakariri river IMG-20190120-WA0003.jpgAt the top of Lees pass, looking out at the Canterbury plains. All in all, amazing weekend down in Canterbury. I can highly recommend exploring the areas, via any mode of transport!Thanks for sharing these adventures Patches, even if it makes us old folks green with envy... davetapson 1 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/155527-new-zealand-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page/198/#findComment-3445651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
l4y3rcake Posted January 21, 2019 Share Supporting my aged mother. It's better if I can transfer cash from an SA account to her account rather than getting her to organise receipt of foreign transfers. Speaking of which, if anyone has ZARs mouldering away...[emoji6] I’m in need of som NZ$. Leaving on 2 Feb for Wellington on a holiday/family responsibility trip. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/155527-new-zealand-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page/198/#findComment-3445657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetapson Posted January 21, 2019 Share I contacted a group called Financial Emigration to enquire about FE. They want R1800 to do a tax review prior to starting. Does this sound right? Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/155527-new-zealand-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page/198/#findComment-3445683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossW Posted January 22, 2019 Share I contacted a group called Financial Emigration to enquire about FE. They want R1800 to do a tax review prior to starting. Does this sound right?Sounds like a quick buck exercise. And with the March 2020 deadline drawing ever nearer, you'll only see more companies doing this and charging more as well. Cashkows, now Fin Global had a good reputation for doing this type of thing when I moved over. I'll be doing more research on this through the year as well. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/155527-new-zealand-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page/198/#findComment-3445686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetapson Posted January 22, 2019 Share no. You have to close them all. Actually, I can't wait. Shake the dust off and all that. But sad.And what's happening in Zim reinforces this all. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/155527-new-zealand-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page/198/#findComment-3445687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Potgieter Posted January 22, 2019 Share I contacted a group called Financial Emigration to enquire about FE. They want R1800 to do a tax review prior to starting. Does this sound right?i highly recommend Henrico from Rand Rescue. Cashcows screwed my stuff up so bad and Henrico sorted it out. If you are keen, let me know and I’ll pm you his number. He was better priced than cashcows too. RossW, Saag and davetapson 3 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/155527-new-zealand-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page/198/#findComment-3445698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saag Posted January 22, 2019 Share i highly recommend Henrico from Rand Rescue. Cashcows screwed my stuff up so bad and Henrico sorted it out. If you are keen, let me know and I’ll pm you his number. He was better priced than cashcows too.Would you mind sending it to me as well please Wayne? Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/155527-new-zealand-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page/198/#findComment-3445746 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamS2 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Am going to try xe.com and see what their fees come out like.I use exchange4free for all my forex transfers, in and out of SA. Very good rates and service. davetapson and RossW 2 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/155527-new-zealand-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page/198/#findComment-3445791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 23, 2019 Share Anyone here applied for a US visitors visa from New Zealand?If so, how long from interview until visa issued?On a side note, did anyone else manage to cash in on the Air NZ staff friends & family discount on Hawaii flights? $550 return, woohoo! ZakAttak 1 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/155527-new-zealand-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page/198/#findComment-3446479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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