On Arrival...
Well in a way you have to laugh, although I nearly cried....arrived calmly at Christchurch to clear blue skies and a friendly welcome. Passport control and the inevitable " how long are you guys staying?" Honest answer " round about 5 or 6 months as tourists during which time we hope to complete out ITA" ( Mum always told me 'tell the truth, shame the devil" ) Sweet girl presses button and then we are moved to the side with a nice lad with rucksack to be told we are entering incorrectly as we have no onward ticket. Of course we don't ,we have sufficient funds.....no,no,no you MUST have a ticket. Would you like to see our bank statement with the Kiwi Bank, set up specifically??? No, no,no, you MUST have an onward ticket, would you like us to rush and buy one? No,no,no.... and so on. So, we got 4 weeks VP and are now having to extend it (paying bien s?r!) by filling in more forms. Oh, and during this time a little old lady was helping herself to one of our suitcases which we didn't get back for 2 days.
So, what is the real story behind the onward ticket issue, because on our new form we just have to show 'sufficient funds' ie 2000 dollars per head.?
Oh, and the bit the immigration guy liked best, the airline is fined 5000 dollars for each of us.
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