Keep your fingers crossed

My sister and I had a plan for this morning. We were going to get up at 7 am get ready and be at the British Visa Application Center (BVAC) by 9 am as soon as it opens. Well, our plan did not work quite as we had planned it. I did not get up till shortly before 8 am, and we did not get to the BVAC till about 10 am, but that is ok. The BVAC actually is pretty nice inside. You don't have to wait outside which is great. They have a very comfy area inside the building where you can wait your turn to give them your application, passport and a bit of your money :) We were there for only 20 minutes really. Tomorrow we have to go to a different place, an actually British Embassy and have to get our digital pictures taken there and they need our fignerprints. After that we are supposed to call them after a couple of days to check on our visa application status. The calls to the BVAC are not free, it costs us $3.00/minute to talk to them and see if our visa application is processed. I just hope that they are not going to put us on hold when we call :) That would be a very easy way for them to make some decent money. They also don't tell you on the phone if you are granted a visa or not. They just politely tell you to come and get your documents. So, after that we will have to make a third trip back to pick up our documents. At that point we will open the passport and see if we have a visa or not.

So, I am keeping my fingers crossed that we will get a visa to go to England, because that would be great. It would be my first visit to Europe and I will get to spend some time with Matt the Hat :)