Please correct, advise, expand and add to the list - I'm trying to prepare for our arrival on Mon 10th Jan as Skilled Migrants with PR and all help and advice appreciated - and maybe the thread will help others:
THANKS TO NOODLES her/his thread I discovered after starting this thread was a source of most of this info
Have with me list
- Passport
- NZ dollars
- Driving License
- Job Contract
- Evidence of No claims discounts for House Insurance
- Evidence of No claims discounts for Car Insurance
- Recent bank Statements
- Recent Salary slips
- Qualifications
- Laptop for skype, email, internet and personal data
- ....and my wife
To Do List upon arrival
- Go through returning residents immigration control
- Visit Bank to officially open account (previously arranged while in UK) and receive ATM debit cards and cheque book
- Inform NZIS of our arrival and address
- Register for tax (IRD)
- Post Office - Passport and Driving Licence (+ copy of each);
- Register at local library
- Get UK driving license converted to NZ
- AA Centres; VTNZ; VINZ - $51.00 - current driving licence + proof of address, but you can drive for 12months on UK license anyway.
- Register with GP
- Get a PAYGO NZ sim card
- Update wills so legal in NZ
- Text family and friends
- Give update on ENZ Forum