with the loan issue worked out (w/o it, i wouldn’t have been able to afford to go to school), it’s time to apply for my visa. this entails lots of paperwork & sending everything to the embassy in DC for up to 3 weeks while they process it. i don’t have 3 weeks. in fact to get there on time i should leave THIS saturday so i’m gonna go to DC and supposedly it can be issued that day.
i spent today doing the medical bits of the application. i found a place where i could get the physical for free since i’m unemployed & have no insurance. spent 2 hours there waiting & doing the physical. they were really nice & helpful & it was FREE! i couldn’t believe it. I didn’t even have to show ID, i could have lied about everything. Then they gave me a referral sheet & sent me to the hospital to get my chest xray done. again, it was all FREE and it took an hour from the time i walked in til i left. AND instead of taking 3 days like i was originally told, the hospital was so confused over the visa form that they did the paperwork right there & handed it to me. since the physical paperwork needs to be signed by a MD & the clinic had some sort of nurse type person i had to deliver the paperwork to the doc for a signature. of course he was already gone when i got there at 4pm so i’ll pick that up tomorrow.
i need to double check but i think that completes the visa xcept for the fax confirming i received the loan.