Wet, rainy and windy day in wellington, and yet most ladies still wear skirts that if they bend over....

Another hard pill to swallow this week as it was our wedding anniversary and we could only chat over the phone
My son is also starting to ask about where daddy is every night so the wife and I have made a plan to get skype up and running on her laptop so when she gets ready in the mornings, I will skype with him for a few minutes

still 3months before seeing them
I did some cost updating: Hope this helps someone. Take note this is very much on a budget. We have considered bringing a container and quotes we have obtained ranged from R40,000 (half shared container) to R100,000 full container.
But with the good deals I got with black Friday we will just ship some boxes and sell the furniture in SA.
COST RECORDUPDATED 6 December 2018Certificates (R75 per marriage/birth certificate) x 3 - R225
Passports (R600 for adult maxi and R400 for son) - R1600
In NZ professional CV and cover letter agency - $300 (R2700 out of the bank)
Toll Fees, Petrol etc to fetch passport -R500
Prelim flight book for NZ visit -R19,000 - I am fortunate enough to have friends over there that will lodge me for the 2weeks and allow me to use of their car)So total cost for NZ visit in June was about R25,000
R42,000 paid for the shortfall on car settlement
VISA application fee's - R3,500
Passport verification Fee - R505
Agent Fees - R15,000
My Medicals - R3,000
Wife Police Clearance - R700
Wife medicals - R3,000
Son's Medical - R1,000
One way ticket to Wellington - R11,500
Doggies shots and chips - R1,900
First months living expenses - R20,000 (roughly $2,000, split to about $1,400 for airbnb and the rest food, train tickets, etc)
Rental house deposit, first-week rent, bond and letting (R34,400) fee - $3430
NZ driver license conversion - R250 ($25) but you can drive with your SA licence for up to a year as long as its valid
AA applications - R890 ($89)
Wife Visa fee's - R3,500
Son's Visa Fee's - R2,000
TALLY - R173, 260*car rentals etc not added as it would work the same out as our car payments so irrelevant (no extra cost)
* have started buying some new stuff for the rental house (furniture, linen etc) but its more replacement so not part of immigration cost - roughly R30,000
Upcoming immediate future expenses
Wife degree verification - $1,300
Planned expenses
R50,000 - Dogs Relocation costs - R25,000 SA side for the transport and vet seal. 2,500 NZD on NZ side for 10 day quarantine
R30,000 - Family Airticket to NZ
R40,000 - Permanent residence applications
R3,500 IELTS test for me
R3,500IELTS test for my wife