“Bringing my children here to study, the school wasn't what worried me most” — a letter from Mrs Chen
A mother of two on why she chose New Zealand in the end, and how she decided who to trust.
Home ／ Settling In
Settling-In ServicesMost settling-in services start once you have landed. We work the other way round: the house hunt, viewings, the lease, furniture, power and internet all begin while you are still in Taiwan. Depending on when you engage us and how the local rental market is moving, we aim to have it arranged before you arrive, so you can put your bags down and stay.
This is the biggest difference between us and most agencies: we don't wait for you to arrive. The house, furniture, power and internet are under way while you are still in Taiwan.
The goal: a home you can move straight into the day you land.
Aim: to get everyone safely to the new home.
The goal: moving from housed to settled.
And I found out later that the help you really need isn't only before you leave.
Once you're here, that's when life actually starts.
From Mrs Chen's letter | Read it in full →Take the whole package or only the parts you want. At the first consultation we ask which pieces you'd rather do yourself.
Settling-in sounds abstract, but the process can be watched. Below, families who have already moved talk about the road from application to arrival, and an exchange activity we arranged afterwards.
Filmed or recorded by us. The content reflects each speaker's own experience and each school's circumstances at the time; courses, places and fees are as published by each school at the time you apply. The player loads only when you click. More videos in thevideo section of the blog.
What you'll meet after arriving, from families who have already done it.
A mother of two on why she chose New Zealand in the end, and how she decided who to trust.
Agency level doesn't change admission standards, but it changes who picks up the phone to the school when something goes wrong. With two cases.
We aim to have it arranged before you arrive.It is the biggest difference between us and most settling-in services: we don't wait for you to land. Once we have shortlisted suburbs around your child's school and your budget, we view the houses ourselves and send video of the actual condition, so you can decide from Taiwan. After that we help lodge the tenancy application and go through the agreement clause by clause. Whether it can all be done before you arrive depends on when you engage us and how the rental market is at the time — the earlier you start, the more choice there is.
With eyes on the ground, not photographs.Listing photos and the real thing often differ. Light, noise, damp and the actual commute don't show up in a photograph. We film, measure and report on the surroundings, so what you see is the property rather than the marketing.
Yes.Beds, sofa, dining table, fridge, washing machine — chosen to your budget, ordered, delivered and installed. Power and internet are applied for in advance; fibre installation here often has a queue, and leaving it until you land can mean waiting weeks.
We charge a service fee for arranging and coordinating. Third-party costs are passed through at cost.Furniture, appliances, utilities, cleaning and removals are arranged by us, invoiced at the actual amount, with receipts and no mark-up. The service itself is itemised — take all of it or part of it. If you're also using our immigration or study services, some items are included in the package. We set the fee structure out at the first consultation.
These are personal matters and sit outside the service.An IRD number must be applied for by you, a GP enrolled with by you, and a licence converted by you. We'll remind you when each is due but we don't do them for you. Our effort is better spent on the things you can't do from overseas — searching, viewing, the lease, furniture and utilities.
Tell us your arrival date and who's coming, and we'll turn the first thirty days into a dated schedule and hand it to you.
If another adviser already holds your case, or you have filed it yourself, please complete or formally end that engagement before contacting us — two parties on one application creates conflicting records and unclear responsibility.
Urgent or time-sensitive → LINE. Remember to send a message after adding us, or we won't see it.
To book properly → the form. An adviser will schedule 20 minutes.
Our office is in Albany, Auckland, close to the main North Shore school zones.
Unit G02/7 Rose Garden Lane, Albany, Auckland 0632
+64 (09) 421 0168 | info@jomelnz.com