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Wayne Potgieter

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Come join the respectable profession of engineering they told me.. the truth came out after the fortified wine was served

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EDIT: Aussie Visa Process Update

I had to make a trip onto the North Island, to get biometrics done. So $250 of flights, and a day worth of leave, for a 30min appointment (supposed to be 15min).

But, fortunately my office is a 5min walk from the Visa Agency, so I turned it into a work trip. therefore no leave or flight costs, hells yeah! 

 

Application originally submitted      10/08/2016

Biometrics submitted                      25/08/2016 approx 13:00

Visa approved                                25/08/2016 approx 14:30

oh, and they gave me the max... 12 month, multple entry.

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I had to make a trip onto the North Island, to get biometrics done. So $250 of flights, and a day worth of leave, for a 30min appointment (supposed to be 15min).

 

But, fortunately my office is a 5min walk from the Visa Agency, so I turned it into a work trip. therefore no leave or flight costs, hells yeah!

 

Application originally submitted 10/08/2016

Biometrics submitted 25/08/2016 approx 13:00

Visa approved 25/08/2016 approx 14:30

 

oh, and they gave me the max... 12 month, multple entry.

Visa for usa?

 

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looking to move ti Aus now?

Just a tourist visa to visit family and a friend.

 

Not enough sheep in NZ ;)

I thought so, but it's lambing season now, so more on their way. Edited by patches
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looking to move ti Aus now?

Theoretically Aus would be safer than NZ?

NZ has earthquakes and some pretty hectic storms?

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NZ is definitely safer in summer. Less fires and no snakes  :thumbup:

 

We've got plenty more sheep in Aus, but in NZ I think you get more per person  :whistling:

 

http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/agribusiness/sheep/the-ratio-of-person-to-sheep-in-new-zealand-has-dropped/news-story/1a6dbd5575198cb0e70ccb5c2b857f22

 

 

 

The mantle of being sheep lovers is getting dangerously close to coming Australia’s way.

 

South Africans have been saying it for years! 

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Theoretically Aus would be safer than NZ?

NZ has earthquakes and some pretty hectic storms?

Not forgetting volcanoes.....

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Summer is coming. So excited.

 

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YIP! excited! Went for my 1st beach dip yesterday morning :D and was wearing shorts/skirt and jandals this whole weekend

 

 

Or another note.... here's another event for the okes wanting races... 

Road: http://www.arcevents.co.nz/k2home/

 

Enduro: http://www.fourfortymtbpark.co.nz/shop/product/25821/440-Gravity-Enduro-6th-of-November-2016/

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YIP! excited! Went for my 1st beach dip yesterday morning :D and was wearing shorts/skirt and jandals this whole weekend

 

 

Or another note.... here's another event for the okes wanting races...

Road: http://www.arcevents.co.nz/k2home/

 

Enduro: http://www.fourfortymtbpark.co.nz/shop/product/25821/440-Gravity-Enduro-6th-of-November-2016/

That k2 race is something else.

 

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jandals... JANDALS!!

 

YIP! excited! Went for my 1st beach dip yesterday morning :D and was wearing shorts/skirt and jandals this whole weekend

 

 

Or another note.... here's another event for the okes wanting races... 

Road: http://www.arcevents.co.nz/k2home/

 

Enduro: http://www.fourfortymtbpark.co.nz/shop/product/25821/440-Gravity-Enduro-6th-of-November-2016/

 

Jandals... JANDALS???

 

She is lost!

Next you'll be saying chilly-bin and other such words!

 

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