yesterday was the second big step in patrik's visa process for the states... the first being a crazy stressful trip to tel aviv for petition for an application for a visa (ooh, yes, you have to apply to even apply... so much paperwork!!!! and money... erg.) anyway, yesterday we went to herziliya (about an hour away) for his medical exam, which can only be done at one of two doctors in all of israel approved by the embassy... getting there we didn't realize we had to transfer to another train halfway there (i'm sure the announcements coming through the speakers said as much, but speaking only three words of hebrew, we didn't quite get the message)... luckily some guy came by to check our tickets and told us we had to get off the train and go "under the ground" the the other platform to catch another train... once we got to herziliya, we gave the taxi driver the address of the doctor's office, and he spent the next 20 minutes asking all the other taxi drivers and even the central office where the street was... ends up 9 ben shalom street is this tiny little culdesac in the suburbs, so he finally figured out how to get there... at the doctor's office, patrik had blood drawn for an hiv test, a vaccination, and then we were told to walk to the x-ray place (through the neighborhood and through a construction site to a very shady looking building), where they x-rayed his chest to check for TB, and then went back to the same doctor's office for the "complete physical exam"... which consisted of the doctor asking patrik "do you have any medical problems?" "no" "good". took his blood pressure and our 350 bucks, and patrik was given a clean bill of health. hmm. seems like a money-making conspiracy between the doctor and the embassy to me, but whatever it takes to get the visa... next adventure is the actual visa interview on 11 july... send happy victory thoughts!!!!
20.6.06
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yesterday was the second big step in patrik's visa process for the states... the first being a crazy stressful trip to tel aviv for petition for an application for a visa (ooh, yes, you have to apply to even apply... so much paperwork!!!! and money... erg.) anyway, yesterday we went to herziliya (about an hour away) for his medical exam, which can only be done at one of two doctors in all of israel approved by the embassy... getting there we didn't realize we had to transfer to another train halfway there (i'm sure the announcements coming through the speakers said as much, but speaking only three words of hebrew, we didn't quite get the message)... luckily some guy came by to check our tickets and told us we had to get off the train and go "under the ground" the the other platform to catch another train... once we got to herziliya, we gave the taxi driver the address of the doctor's office, and he spent the next 20 minutes asking all the other taxi drivers and even the central office where the street was... ends up 9 ben shalom street is this tiny little culdesac in the suburbs, so he finally figured out how to get there... at the doctor's office, patrik had blood drawn for an hiv test, a vaccination, and then we were told to walk to the x-ray place (through the neighborhood and through a construction site to a very shady looking building), where they x-rayed his chest to check for TB, and then went back to the same doctor's office for the "complete physical exam"... which consisted of the doctor asking patrik "do you have any medical problems?" "no" "good". took his blood pressure and our 350 bucks, and patrik was given a clean bill of health. hmm. seems like a money-making conspiracy between the doctor and the embassy to me, but whatever it takes to get the visa... next adventure is the actual visa interview on 11 july... send happy victory thoughts!!!!
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Making progress! Sure does sound like a scam for making money, tho... When do you get the results of the lab work or does that go straight to the Embassy? Who are you rooting for in the World Cup now that CR went home?
Love, Mommy
oh how stressful! as always though, you seem to have a good sense of humor about it! that'll make it easier. que cantidad de burocracia! :/
happy victory thought are being sent your way from the pyburns! : )
we love you!
will say prayers for the process:)
love,
tahmina
this is a process that needs lots of patience... and organization, they try you to give up, but the closer you get, the smoother it becomes. Good luck with that :o)
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