A little hiccup or just another bump in the road...

So, Alexander had his interview at the US Embassy today. At long last, the day all of our worrying about was here. The interview went very well and, tadah! the visa is approve....except for one thing. There's always that one thing, isn't there? It turns out that one of the evidentiary documents we had to gather was not exactly the correct document. It needed to be certified. FRUSTRATING!! The most irritating thing about this is this document was one of the very first things we had to submit with the original application back in March and we used an immigration attorney to compile those documents. She assured us we had everything. In fact, that original packet was sent to TWO visa centers which had to approve it before it was sent to the embassy in Sweden.

I scoured the informational lists and no where does it say this particular document needed to be a certified copy...just a copy! Ah, well...

SO in between meetings and work and trying to get work done I ran to the court to get a certified copy. Then I had to stand on line to mail it to the embassy in Sweden. Postal rates are outrageous and there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to them. It was just under $20 to send this thing for a 6 business day delivery goal. I asked what it would cost to do it in three days and the cost went up to over $60!!

Anywho, the embassy will get the doc sometime next week. They've held onto Alex's passport and will stamp it with the visa at that time and send it back to him. And then, it's done. Months and months of paperwork, research, worry, arguing, frustration, and fret will finally be over.

And then the real fun can begin! :)