Chapter 10 (1/2)
Chapter 10: That Hint of a Smile
Before he realized it, he’d already been in New Zealand for a week That day, wang Bo had just been watching TV to learn English, when Charlie suddenly ran in full of energy to find hi him to the city hall
wang Bo asked, “Did we find a clue to the fehost?”
Charlie shook his head, “That’s not it, your nationality change has been finished, so now you need to go through the motions to complete the formalities”
wang Bo asked, “So fast?”
Charlie shtly “A special matter will be done specially!”
When they arrived at the city hall, aBo verified his identity, Charlie handed hireen card’, while the latter was his tax bill, and had his tax card in it
Speaking earnestly, New Zealanders don’t have identity cards, nor do they have cards like the United State’s ‘per sireen card, then to an adult, that would be a driver’s license and passport Foreigners would stick a resident visa onto their passports, and after living there for a full two years, they could exchange it for a ‘per visa’, which was the same as a permanent resident visa
Therefore, the two s in New Zealand were one’s driver’s license and one’s tax card One’s driver’s license can be considered their ID card, while their tax card is issued by the Inland Revenue Departht or nine numbers at the top of it, called the tax nu Bo’s number to pay taxes with in the future
“You must make sure to hold onto your IRD card well, and you est people in New Zealand aren’t the army, but the Inland Revenue Department—don’t provoke them no matter what!” Charlie repeatedly warned him
wang Bo nodded his head and said, “I understand There are two inevitable things in life, death and paying taxes, right?”
Charlie bitterly laughed “That’s right!”
Following their conversation, the ave hilish words, which she had hidom’s Royal Family
wang Bo knew that this was an indispensable part of idodorant that becomes a member of their nationality has to swear an oath of loyalty and devotion to the Queen of England Despite the oath being a religious action in and of itself, New Zealand is still known as a “Free Country” that guarantees everyone’s freedo an oath” freedom
But right now, this was just for the sake of appearance The overseeing judge was a grizzle-haired oldoff
There was another whitethe oath, standing very soleht hand was seriously affixed to the left side of chest while he raised his left hand up with his palrave and sincere voice to say,
“I hereby solemnly swear here that I vow to con prince, nty citizenshi+p, and loyalty I will faithfully and hones
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tly vow my loyalty and devotion to New Zealand, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and her successor…… I hereto freely swear, without any mental obstructions, excuses, or reservations, to request God’s aid as a citizen of New Zealand!”
It was noang Bo’s turn, and he copied the way the other white ht, with his left hand over his heart and his left hand forward He ,
“Great Mother Nation (China), your child currently lives in the Cao camp but his heart lies in the Han camp[1]
You eoisie to better serve the proletariat! Furthermore, you row I a to have my small town become a paradise for our children Finally, the Chinese People, an achievement of both culture and military, carried on for thousands of years, may you unify the entire country……”
The drowsy judge was looking at hi, wang Bo deliberately used choppy English to explain to hiood Can only use Chinese to swear”
The judge nodded, then drew a cross in front of his chest “I hope the Mother of the Chinese People blesses you to learn English faster”
“……” Old wang gloomily left It looks like the number of people that can understand Chinese in New Zealand is a lot more than he expected