It’s probably not the most exciting thing you’ve ever read, but getting stupid documents together is unfortunately a very big part of emigrating. Grrr… If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll see we’re sort of “zipping” through this list, if you define zipping in months instead of years. Anyhoo, we are running about 6 months ahead…
The stars are aligning! Marvelous
So today we got the fantastic news that Noodle’s surname change has come though, next week we can apply for her changed birth certificate! This is fantastic news, and about two months ahead of when we thought we might get it, if all went according to plan, which when Home Affairs is involved is rarely…
Still chipping away at that list
I know I’ve been quiet, but we have not forgotten or changed our minds. It has been very busy on all fronts, so I’ve been shitty with updates here – sorry. Since we spoke last, I have been hit with an unwelcome retrenchment. Sadly quite typical of how things are going around here at the…
Red tape is probably made up of 80% paperwork
Man…there are A LOT of documents required for this adventure! We started gathering things in February, 6 months ago, and it feels like we’ve hardly made a proper dent in the to-do list. To be fair, SA Home Affairs is as slow as turtles stampeding through peanut butter, and things that are not dependent on…
We do like lists
It’s not a new idea this, moving to another country. Things have gone a bit pear shaped here in South Africa, or if you are very optimistic you might say they are busy going pear shaped, if you are in complete denial you might even say that they look like they might go pear shaped….
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