Sunday, June 7, 2009

Obtaining Visa is a Tedious Process

So I mailed out the application for a UK visa on Friday in hopes that it would get there ASAP. The scary thing with the application is that the British Consulate in Los Angeles wants original copies of everything. So all of my official letters from the University of Edinburgh, my real passport, my real Bachelors Degree certificate have all been sent to Los Angeles through the mail. Scary! I sure hope it does not get lost! There are 6 weeks to go and they say the visa takes 6-8 weeks to process. I hope it is done before those 6 weeks are up, otherwise I will have no passport to get into Edinburgh. I spoke with a friend and she says that her visa did not take 6 weeks, and to not worry. So I am a little less stressed now. Anyway, just wanted to give an update on the status of getting to Edinburgh.

2 comments:

Mommom said...

Wow...could you have fed ex'd it?? or overnighted? Do they send everything back with the visa? If you don't get it do you stay with us? :)

dfonza said...

Well, I overnighted the package and it arrived the next day. They do send everything back, do not know when exactly though. I received an email stating that I would know within 15 days of receipt of my information package. So next week sometime I should know. Yes, I would not be able to leave the United States without my passport, and if they have it I am stuck until they send it back.