I want to try and fit these six months into as short an entry as i can because so much happened, i could write on here for weeks about it all!
The provisional offer of a job in the New Zealand police arrived by E-Mail on 28th November 2006. I sat down with Hayley and Charlie and we decided to accept and start the immigration process. This took a lot of time and money. To try and get away from the stresses of the application process, Hayley and I booked a week's holiday in the mountains of southern Ireland over Christmas. Unfortunately, things did not work out quite as planned and i injured my knee on one of the mountain descents. We spent Christmas day in Casualty getting my knee X-Rayed and strapped up. I was on crutched for the rest of the week!
Once back in England I had to get an MRI scan of my knee and there were initial fears that i had damaged my cruciate ligament. Thankfully, the scans came back with good results. I had only damaged my medial ligaments and after an intensive period of physio all would be well.
During March we had to all have our medicals completed. They were very thorough medicals and we needed chest X-Rays and blood tests.
I completed my medical first and got the all clear. Hayley and Charlie completed them a week later. Charlie's was fine, but Hayley had a problem with the blood test results. She was slightly anaemic and was put onto a course of Iron tablets and told to get re-tested a month later.
On 27th March 2007 I went to New Zealand House in London and submitted our final application. A few days later we moved out of our house and moved into a granny flat at our friends house. Things were starting to move quickly and then on 17th April 2007 our application was accepted in principle.
The residency visas arrived on 2nd May 2007. All the hard work had been completed and we now had the visas we needed to live and work in New Zealand!
At the time of writing i have ten shifts left at work before I have to hand my badge in. I will update on here regularly so you can watch our adventure unfold.
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