Finally got the visa!

bwaaderant · September 24, 2006

Yup, yup, yup! We finally got the visa! My fiancee had her visa interview on August 14 at the Moscow Embassy, all went well, but they wanted a letter from her exhusband giving his permission for my fiancee to bring her daughter with her. After days of negotiation he finally agreed to give his permission, all he wanted in return was a chance to see his daughter and spend time with her. Why he waited 5 years to see his daughter is quite the mystery, but my fiancee agreed and her whole family went along as a sort of mass chaperone. Her daughter, 7 years old, didn't want much to do with this stranger, but the visit went off without a hitch.

So, my fiancee mailed off the letter to the Embassy, and the day they received it she called them and was told to call back in 3-4 days for their answer. She called 4 days later and they told her to call the next day, she called and was told to call later in the day. Anyway, this ####### went on for weeks, and finally something told me to check the DHL website and run the tracking number the Embassy had given her on the day of her interview. To my surprise the website showed that the packet had left the Embassy the day before at 2:20pm, she had last talked to them at around 6pm that same day and they again told her there was no update, this was after DHL had already picked up her packet. Do they use computers at the Embassy???

Anyway, she called the local DHL office and they told her the packet was already on the truck for delivery. It was delivered around 5:30pm and the visa was in the passport! So much for the Embassy keeping us, and themselves, updated. So, now all they have to do is get on the plane, Oct 6, and go through the POE stuff and then we will finally be together!!