Re: FN-FORUM: Emigrating to New Zealand

date posted 6th January 2005 18:54

On 6 Jan 2005 19:07:00 -0000, Jamie Wilson [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:

> Ex-colleague emigrated to Australia with his .auian gf. They were
> paranoid they'd be rejected, so spent ages gathering all of their bank
> statements and bills and whatnot going back years.
>
> Went in to the immigration office or wherever one goes in such
> circumstances, dumped 3 or 4 lever arch folders full of stuff on the
> guys desk, to a look of surprise. He flicked for literally a few seconds
> and just said "Yeah, that looks fine".

Amazing. We've actually amassed a similar amount of paperwork. Flight
tickets, hotel receipts, even receipts from gas stations paid on my
credit card. They just want to see some evidence of a relationship
beforehand.

Won't be that easy for me. Everybody entering the US is branded a
terrorist until proven innocent.

Dan