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Coming from South Africa we got the international plan off the bat BEFORE coming. Arrange with banks to have email authentication. Google, Facebook and so much more is linked to a mobile number. We still use our international number for those emergencies.
When my family moved from New Zealand to Canada, the shipping company came and packed everything into a crate. You could literally see the fleas crawling on the one guy. When the shipping crate arrived in Canada it was missing my father's crossbow and arrows, his tools, and all his fishing equipment. *I do not trust shipping companies.* When I win that ever-elusive lottery and move back to NZ, I'll be watching and filming, documenting every step the shipping company makes.
Real stuff. Shipping companies REGULARLY steal/“lose” things. Recently seen someone’s full one of a kind engine “lost” and sold somewhere else online - but that’s an easy thing to track. Imagine all the other lost things.
This was a great video. I had no idea just how much organization there is to move countries and how many things can go wrong in this process. These podcasts must be so helpful to so many people thinking about the big move. Great listening. 🙂
Another great episode Liz, some really good advice from Karl. I can't believe how much his shipping cost! 🤯I think we just missed the price hikes, they started to go up when ours was en route but we'd already paid luckily :) Can definitely empathise with the delays though, and watching the ship on the map going on its world tour. I can't decide if we were better off not bothering as the delays meant we had to re-buy a lot of stuff anyway. I definitely wouldn't have bothered if I knew it'd cost 40 grand! Just to add to the phones thing - if anyone is coming from the UK, EE have a roaming package that allows you to use your normal contracted minutes and data in NZ for an extra £10 / month (from memory). Well worth it, it allowed me to keep my UK sim active for a year here before eventually ditching it. It avoids all those authentication issues when logging in to things, and gives you time to change your number over. Keep up the good work guys, hope you're both well!
These people you have on here give you a much better impression of Americans. You've got another good one liz. Karl thank you for choosing here teach scientific. We are most grateful to you. Arohanui
Agreed! It makes doing our podcast interviews a real pleasure to meet all of these wonderfully warm and giving people that are coming to NZ ❤️🇳🇿 Arohanui
@@larapalma3744 In the venn diagram of "people who can afford to move to New Zealand" and "people who want to move to New Zealand", there's probably a significant overlap. Most Americans are too focused on surviving to even be able to entertain the idea of migrating anywhere. And many more struggling still believe the story that America is the best country on earth, so why would anyone want to leave?
9:00 Regarding SIM cards...it sounds like a dual SIM phone would be a good idea in a case like this. I passed by buying one last year; dual SIM, Samsung Galaxy A12. Not the best phone in the world, but it's inexpensive and does allow you to have two countries phone plans on it. I'm not sure how receiving codes for banking etc would work with it, but I thought it sounded like a possible solution.
Be very mindful that custom can be very particular about medication coming thru the airport, especially if the medication is for someone else. Suggest you go online to check and or you might even need to call custom for more info.
I brought far more than the allowed 3 months of medicine when I migrated because I have a chronic disease and didn't have immediate access to pubic health on my particular visa, with no first indication as to how long it would take to secure a qualifying one. I explained this to the customs agent, and he says he understood and that they have a certain amount of discretion in these matters and waived us through.
@Adam Did you have to show some kind of doctor's letter to confirm that? How long ago was your encounter? Sometimes, I wonder whether it may depend on which custom officer we deal with at any one time. Recently had visitors from overseas, and and it was interesting that one of them had food taken away, whereas for years, I had the same item checked by custom and no issue. One of the other visitors was also saying that another item was almost taken away, but another custom officer told her what it was, and she then let it thru.
@@mattieclan8957 yes I brought a doctor's note from my specialist in the USA. Plus, we migrated on a critical worker visitor visa during the border closure (July 2022), not a work visa which afforded healthcare priveleges, and I think the officer understood this situation. Also the officer was Taiwanese and so is my wife, so I imagine that didn't hurt. They chatted in Mandarin a bit during our encounter. Border officers the world over make split second decisions impacting people's lives, and it really does come down to luck sometimes. So they tell you the general rule that you'll never get called out on for a secondary inspection (e.g. don't bring more than 3 months' supply of meds) but once you admit to having more meds it's up to officers discretion to figure out if you're up to dirty business. They're really trying to stop people from illegally importing medical goods and drugs for resale in New Zealand. That's the bottom line of all this. If you've got a reasonable explanation, like you're migrating permanently (not visiting for a limited time) and need to ensure you have enough supplies to hold you over until you jump through all the hoops to get your pubic health situation sorted, that all seems pretty reasonable to me. And kiwis tend to be a reasonable people, in my experience :)
I would double check on bringing drugs in, its not a problem for yourself but bringing drugs in for a third party might be problematic. After hearing Carl's stories though, customs will probably give his mother a pallet of spare drugs they just happened to have lying out back😅
I couln't understand how you transferred through the bank. I never do that. I use Transferwise. Just imagine the excitement when your stuff arrives and you all open them. It will be like Christmas again.
Hey! You can settle in lots of places in the South Island - Dunedin for one 😉 I'm just trying to encourage my fiance to move here over me moving to Canada, so I'm biased, lol! ❤️
I'd rather move to Canada rather than Dunedin, if only for the insulation in houses. And the weather. Sure, it doesn't snow in Dunedin, but my god is the weather awful! And with the lack of insulation, it is depressing. I had to wear a puffer jacket inside in December... Never again.
@@miyounova Each to their own - sometimes we have bad weather in Dunedin, but sometimes we have beautiful weather. Plus my home is fully insulated and double glazed. Last summer we had the highest temperatures and most sunshine in the country - you just never know. I regularly swim at the beach, but some summers the weather pattern just means its cold. Yes, I have spent a Christmas Day in front of the fire, but I've also spent plenty of them at the beach with the temperature 28-32°C (any hotter than that is too much).
Wow I’m soo glad you interviewed him again. I saw the first one and got concerned for him getting a job, so I’m glad he is settling in good. I was going to message you about him. I was interested in them. 😊 Hi from Mount Maunganui/ Tauranga
What a nightmare, the whole ordeal could be a book. Hope things are better for you now. When I sleep in my car I use TWO thick roll up matresses and some ruffled towels on the base for extra support. One is not enough for me heh.
I generally watch this channel when I am home sick. Your farm reminds me of where I grew up but I do suspect it is you are further up the mountain than where I grew up on Weld Rd. But today seeing your guest is is living in Oakura just made me more homesick. I look forward to seeing more from around Taranaki. Me and my wife moved to Serbia from Melbourne a few years ago. Vodafone has the $5/day plan but the one cool thing is that receiving sms messages are free and incur the $5/day.
Thank you for being with is and for this lovely comment Gordon. We are glad to be able to bring you a slice of kiwi pie 😊 Sending much love to Serbia 🇷🇸
I really enjoyed this today. We moved from Melbourne back to NZ 16 years ago,and we took our furniture back with us. We waited 2 months for it to get to Wellington,and made the mistake of having pine cone decorations too. Our furniture got re checked and a few things had disappeared. If I had to do it again I wouldn't bring the furniture as we had to get a rental house,so we had to get some second hand furniture etc,and so we ended up doubling up,and sold a lot of what we had paid to bring over anyway. Good luck with the rest of your journey Carl 🙂
Welcome, Its okay to make mistakes as long as we learn from it. Always let your bank know you're going overseas. I think it is called having a roaming facility on your phone. Use Messanger and WhatsApp for personal calls. Check if you can bring those drugs into NZ you may need a Dr certificate. Buy your things here, there's alot of free items on faceboook Now you are here you may not need all that medication. Please don't worry about what you haven't got us Kiwi dont mind. Doing without your regular comforts for a short time makes you appreciate them more when you get them Me te Atua manaaki tia i koutou.
