hey all!!!
i just wanted to tell you that i got my visa!!!!!
i didnt post on the process due to some sort of superstition,but ive got it in my hands now and i leave tuesday!!!
i just wanted to thank you all for all the advice!!! good or bad,and anything i did or didnt want to hear!i took everything into account and every bit of it helped me to get a strong application together!
it was so intense,i applied online on the 21st and was shocked to find that the next biometrics appointment was may 6th which is the date that my already bought ticket was for...so i kinda freaked out and was on the phone all day trying to contact the indianapolis biometrics place which is not possible..but i did get in touch with the national phone number and they directed me to the website to make an appointment online.so i got up on thursday the 24th and drove to indy prepared to beg and plead to get my stuff done then and was expecting to get turned away.not the case at all,at the department of homeland security in indy they are all gems (or to me they were) even the security guards that were poking fun at me for having so much stuff in my purse! they did my biometrics and i was out in 15 minuets! then i drove to the nearest fed ex and sent that to the courier in chicago(perry international) who got it and took it on friday the 25th to the consulate!
so every day this last week i called and the guy told me to keep calling back the next day...i was obviously getting a bit worried and was totally prepared to change my ticket at the very last minute on may 5th but yesterday i got the call saying i was approved!!!
i could not $@&^*!& believe it!!!!!!!!
i was so scared!!!
at no point did the consulate contact me about anything.
for the record i got bounced last year but did get a temp addmission for 12 days,and we do not have alot of money..like ive got about 2500$ and ricky has about 1300 pounds.i have a job offer and will start work but ricky wasnt getting hours do to his place of employment changing ownership lack of hours etc...he started going to a temp agency every day to get work to maintain finances etc...like the day before i sent my stuff in.
so we were pretty worried!
but WE GOT IT! i will see my husband ricky on wed in prague for the first time in 5 months and we will then fly to edinburgh on the 13th!!!
hell yeah!
again thank you ALL!every last one of you!
so happy!
michelle
