Friday 6 April 2012

VISA's!!!!

Hello,

So yesterday was my appointment at the embassy for the Visa!!

My appointment was at 11am, so i got there around 10:30 and left around 1pm!!!

Here ill give you a run thru of the day.

Firstly you Que up outside (thank god it was not raining) a guy checks your appointment letter and makes sure you didnt have any electronics on you as these cannot be brought in (inc phones!!!) luckily my family decided to come with me to do some shopping so they held on to my things. (no one can come into the embassy with you).

Then another guy checks your passport, then some more queueing. Before you go into like a booth which is security. Its like being at the airport, you bags go thru a scanner, you have to take any jewelry off etc... then you walk through a detector thingy. Then you walk to the embassy.

First your letter is scanned and your given a number (like being at argos) waiting to be called, it was really busy!!! Luckily there was about 5 of us from disney going, so we all found each other and just sat chatting so the time seemed to go fairly quickly :)

When your first called, you go to a desk hand over your paperwork and the guy check it thru, i had a few issues with my photo, so be very aware of this before you go, they are very strict, check out the embassy website on the requirements!! very important, once the supervisor and manager came to see me, i was finally allowed to continue! So i gave my fingerprints (both hands and thumbs, you cant have any cuts or blisters)

At this point your also given a copy of your rights as a worker in the US and an address card for shipment.

Then you sit down again and wait for the number again!

Once your called for the second time, you go to a different desk, this is your 'interview' part, although all i was asked was "so what role have you been given at Disney?" and that was basically it, then i verified my fingers prints and he said i had been approved!!!!

Then you take your address card to another desk to pay for shipping :)

So overall you spend under ten mins with people but are there for hours...............

Obvs worth it tho!!! hahah Cost wise its $140 for the appointment $35 for the processing and £15 for the shipment!!!!!!

Was really good meeting others on the program has gotten me even more excited!!!!

Was exactly 2months yesterday untill i go :)

sooooo excited now...just waiting for the time to pass :)

Lx

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