December 19th
So we've been checking the consulate's website every day to see if there are any new updates. For a while it said that appointments were all booked up for the remainder of 2008 and to check the website for updates on 2009 appointment availability or something like that. I changed a few weeks ago to say that appointments are booked for 2008 and they are in the process of creating a new system to schedule appointments by phone starting in February of 2009. And of course....to check the website for updates. So I'm still checking every day. I wonder when our appointment will be?
On another note we also have not received the document yet from the USCIS. Going by Bobby's prediction we should have received mid November. Oh well. No rush obviously.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Census Documents
October 26th - Today I checked the mail and our census documents were in there! The certification looked sort of like an apostille. Yay!
Translation
October 17th - Today I mailed all the stuff to Laura.
October 20th - Laura emailed to say she got everything and it'd be $390 - $30 per document.
October 20th - Laura emailed to say she got everything and it'd be $390 - $30 per document.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Translator
October 13th
Today I emailed a woman named Laura, she called back and left me a lovely VM and then I called her back and we finally talked. She was the nicest lady ever and had such a beautiful accent. I am going to the post office today to send her all of our documents. $35 a document! Ouch. She did say she'd give us a discount.
Today I emailed a woman named Laura, she called back and left me a lovely VM and then I called her back and we finally talked. She was the nicest lady ever and had such a beautiful accent. I am going to the post office today to send her all of our documents. $35 a document! Ouch. She did say she'd give us a discount.
Census Docs
September 30th
So today we sat down together and ordered the census documents online. It still seems unreal. Like they're going to write back and say they don't have them or they won't give them to us. This all seems unreal and I'm sure we'll feel that way up until we're holding our passports....
So today we sat down together and ordered the census documents online. It still seems unreal. Like they're going to write back and say they don't have them or they won't give them to us. This all seems unreal and I'm sure we'll feel that way up until we're holding our passports....
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Consulate Phone Call
September 19th
So today we were driving to LA for our cruise and the closer it got to 9 the more nervous I got. It was awful! Ugh. Finally it was almost 9 and I realized I hadn't written down the phone number! Jesus. So I called Donny and he looked it up online for me. Then I tried to call but didn't have service so Bobby pulled over at the next town which wasn't far. I called and called and could not get through but I kept trying and finally I did. I talked to a woman named Ragaela who was actually very helpful. The gave me some great answers, but did say the thing about the census. Damn. So then Bobby called because it was his turn. He also got Rafaela and he told her he was my husband and he just had some more questions about the census. She was super helpful and did not make it sound black or white. She said the 1930 census would probably be fine and to go ahead and bring in the 1920 census anyway and to even bring in the boat records. It was a great conversation. We felt like we were on top of the world afterwards and what better way to celebrate than to take a cruise! Now we just have to order the census docs and print out the boat records....
So today we were driving to LA for our cruise and the closer it got to 9 the more nervous I got. It was awful! Ugh. Finally it was almost 9 and I realized I hadn't written down the phone number! Jesus. So I called Donny and he looked it up online for me. Then I tried to call but didn't have service so Bobby pulled over at the next town which wasn't far. I called and called and could not get through but I kept trying and finally I did. I talked to a woman named Ragaela who was actually very helpful. The gave me some great answers, but did say the thing about the census. Damn. So then Bobby called because it was his turn. He also got Rafaela and he told her he was my husband and he just had some more questions about the census. She was super helpful and did not make it sound black or white. She said the 1930 census would probably be fine and to go ahead and bring in the 1920 census anyway and to even bring in the boat records. It was a great conversation. We felt like we were on top of the world afterwards and what better way to celebrate than to take a cruise! Now we just have to order the census docs and print out the boat records....
Friday, September 12, 2008
Downtown Archives
So today we went down to an archives building and they didn't end up having anything, but they did have access to ancestry so the lady let us sign on with their subscription. We sat there for hours and I was getting frustrated, but Bobby had a hunch and was looking at the census going by street numbers and stuff and he ended up finding his family, but with a severely mis spelled name. That's what we really needed! Now we can order stuff from the census!
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