Last Minute Student Visa

So I was having problems with getting my student visa through the British Consulate in Los Angeles. I was in Washington and found out my visa application had been rejected. Unfortunately, because I forgot to include the loan information with the application, it was rejected. The worst part about having your visa application rejected is that they make you start all over again. So, you need to fill a brand new application out, have fingerprints scanned a second time, pay the $244 application fee again. I was so stressed out that I did a search on Google and came across this expediting visa service that would get it to me within 24 hours if needed. So I called this place and was told I needed an original letter from my lender for the amount of money I was granted.

This letter had to be an original and stamped or signed by someone at Sallie Mae. I contacted Sallie Mae and they said they would have the letter to me within 3-5 days. However, after 8 days had passed, I began to stress just a tad bit. So I called the visa place back and the lady told me that the documents that I received in the mail the first time from Sallie Mae would work (I scanned them and sent them in to the visa place for this lady to look at). She told me to ship it for 8am delivery so that it would get to her the next day so that it would be processed on that day. Well, $136 to ship the package and $186 to expedite the package back to me within 24 hours was ridiculous!

Well, at 10:12am this morning, I received a package from FedEx. I opened it up and low and behold, my passport book contained a giant sticker in the middle of the book that said "UK Entry Visa". Woohoo! Now if that wasn't a task trying to get this visa! So hopefully everyone now knows that EVERYTHING MUST be included with the application, if one little thing is missing, it will be rejected in a blink of an eye.