She filled out all the paperwork and then comes to me, I need these things: birth certificate, even though she has her passport, high school diploma, and oh yeah one must show the entire years tuition and living expenses in the bank account for 30 days prior to visa application or the loan papers. No problem I always have a spare thirty thousand upfront. I understand the thought behind it, but really? We've been trying to not take loans out for her education if possible. Last year she spent part of her college money while living in San Francisco and attending the conservatory there. To show we had the moneys we had to withdraw from our 401K; I hate that, since we took it as a loan from ourselves we aren't paying taxes on it, but still it loses its earning potential during that time. Then the lovey Visa ask for your address while in country. Unfortunately- we don't have that yet. But hopefully the housing officer will be able to help us out on that. It says you can list the person helping you, and that will have to be satisfactory this time.
I know I'm being a little whiney about it. But part of that I think is the fact that I know I'm sending my only off to live so FAR away from home, and unlike when she lived in San Francisco, I don't think there will be a lot of trips in-between home and school for either of us. The poster above actually really has meaning right now in my life as we go through this process. FYI - Do you know the history of the Keep Calm poster? produced in 1939 for the British government to uplift the moral of the British peoples as they were facing World War 2. It was one of three different messages produced and hung throughout the country. Found in a bookshop in 2000, it has again become popular, and had many variations of it produced. Just a little tidbit for you today.
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