Monday Visa Interview

Okay, so who's going to get their visa on Monday? I have my appointment at 10:30am so I'm going to be getting on the train at 6:40 (oh the horror) in Birmingham New Street. Anyone travelling up then? Apparently the embassy deal is like waiting in a doctors so I imagine we'll see each other if we're all stuck waiting around for 4 hours! Also, I don't have a train back until 17:00 so if anyone wants to go for coffee or lunch after I'm game, makes the trip to london seem a little more worthwhile if I'm actually meeting people instead of just draggin myself up for that!

 

Hiya, I'm up for meeting for a coffee or something, but my interview isn't until 12:45, so I might get out too late to meet you?

Lianne

 

hey my interview is at 1:15pm

 

hey - my interview is 12.45 si i may be the same and get out to late but ill chat to you all when i see you, ie lianne and craig ;D

 

Good luck dear Zanitta !!!

 

Good luck with the visa's, not that you'll need it cos they go through straight away. I had mine on fri19th, i was in there for exactly two hrs, jus make sure you take somethin to read cos it's deadly borin! lol I recommend a copy of cosmo for the girlies!

 

thanks myriam!

meels - only two hours? what time was your appointment? If I could get mine finished by then that would be great, my train back isn't until 5 sp I'd be able to go round london a bit.

 

By the time you read this you'll probably have been and gone! But yeah it all depends on how many people are there, there were tons in when i went but still only two hours, pretty good seein as i was expectin four! Let me know how you got on.

 

hey mwwls...can u remember exactly what u took? in fact ne1 from today! i keep hearin random diff lists of stuf to take lol x

 

Hey emma,

There should be a check list on the back one of the sheets that the embassy sent. I found it really useful cos i'm rubbish at rememberin things. Have a look but if you don't have one i'll try and remember everythin i took. is that any help?

 

oh yeah i have kept all my paperwork...thanks ill sort it all out later x

 

Well, it's 7.34 and I've just got back to my house: Liz, kelly, lianne, craig, michelle and Nil I hope you all got back quicker then I did!

 

Hey Zannita, thats not bad going. were you waiting long? Did you see the police with the massive rifles? Talk about security!

 

Well, that depends on your perspective given that I left the house at 10 to 6 this morning. Rifle men scared me.

I waited about an hour and a half outside but that was more my fault then anything else - I had added extra time for all the problems with trains I usually have and then had pretty much the perfect journey meaning I was way way earlier then I should have been. Once inside they give you a number and you wait until you get called to give in your passport and documents. It's just like a doctors waiting room really. You get called for that pretty quick, the person takes your papers/passport and your fingerprint scan (into the daterbase of Super!Secrecy!) but then you have to wait for your number to be called again to actually have your 'interview' - that's the part that takes ages and ages. Also I put interview in the little inverted commas because it literally went:

Him: So your going to walt disney world huh?

Me: Yeah

Him: What you doing there? Epcot?

Me: The Culteral Representative Program, working in the UK pavillion in epcot, yes.

Him: Ever had a visa before?

Me: No

Him: <circling something on the paper> Okay, your visa's been approved.


It's almost anti-climatic after having such a big build up.

 

At least it's done now, that's eveything we can possibly do from our end!! Except send the email to disney and yummy jobs. oooh, it's all so final! lol

 

Congratulations ZAnitta !!!!! :-*

 

heyhey!

wooo today was cool! was wicked to meet u zanitta, nil, michelle and finally craig After like our 4th attempt! HEHE!
visa went well...but like zanitta said was not worth the massive wait. Altho i was in and out of the embassy within 2.5 hours so it wasnt all bad Altho i think todays been the longest day ever! I was up at 6am. Went into London and then home and then to work and now in bed at 12! ahhh up so long!! Keeping eyes open with sticks rite now

wooo only 2 weeks!!

 

it was totally awesome to finally meet u Lizzie!

Great to meet kelly, lianne, michelle, Zan and Nil too!! (hope you find the site michelle!)

I got out of the embassy at bout 16:30 set off from london at 6pm and i have now just arrived home!! 12am! traffic was a nightmare!!

The interview thingy went great tho!

 

ouch, I've been awake a long time but at least I lucked out with my journey so it all went pretty smoothly, 6 hours to get back, that's mad.

 

I'm still awake too Zanitta. Only cuz i'm stupidly addicted to this site!! Anyone know the name of a good therapist?! lol Only signed up yesterday, how behind the times? I hear you shout....