Hold the Phone

Okay, hold the phone. I had no more than checked the arrival of our visa application with the Russian Consulate when I get an e-mail saying that I can't have a double entry visa if I am going as a tourist. Would have been nice if the agency I paid $40 for Visa support had known this to save me more FedEx fees. SO... now I have to go cancel the money order (don't know if you remember the ORDEAL this was last time... think 45 minutes at the bank with multiple bank staff trying to get it done) spend $20 to FedEx the new money order to New York, pay $20 to have them FedEx the visa back to me, because they can't use a visa that is over the exact amount. So in effect, I am going to all this trouble to save myself $10. Does any of this make sense? You're probably having a hard time following the story at this point, but let's just say I had a few choice words for my computer when I got the e-mail from the cosulate on the problem.

I'll say this, the Consulate was very timely in informing me of the mistake. I'll hand it to them that they could have just stuck it back in the mail to me and not even told me, so I am not angry with them, just with the fact that I had this sinking feeling that something was going to be wrong. It's just too complicated and intricate to do with the distractions that I have going on while trying to take care of all this stuff. I knew there was a possibility that I had a mistake. Kuddos to the Russian Consulate for notifying me in a time that I could correct my mistake and still get the visa. Literally, tomorrow is the last day I could have possibly taken care of this and still left on time Wednesday.