We have to get our latest visa put in our passports. The last time we were able to send them to somewhere in deepest make work country but now USCIS insists we visit an embassy outside the US. Given a choice of Canada or Mexico we opted for the nearest, Canada. But there were no appointments at Montreal, Toronto, Quebec City or Ottawa. The first available appointment was in Vancouver pretty much immediately. The next was over a month away. Guess which we are going to take? An 8 hour flight across country to get a stamp in a passport. A stamp that expires March 30 2007. Whereupon we will have to go through this performance again.
We have to be at the US embassy at 8 am with our documents, be fingerprinted and if our fingerprints don't match some criminal or terrorist we can collect our newly visa'd passports the next day. The embassy website says to allow three days just in case. I'm unhappy about the whole thing especially as we are leaving the dogs and cats here. I've always wanted to go to British Colombia but the circumstances are stressing me out.
All being well we'll be back in a few days. Oh, and don't even think about burgling the house, we have a pet sitter.
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