A Day at the Consulate

Matt says in his posts that he'll leave all the details about our day at the Israeli consulate to me, but then he told you most of the important stories anyway..lol. Of course, he forgot to tell you about the time when I was right and he was wrong.

To apply for the student visa, we downloaded the application form from the Internet several days in advance of our journey to the consulate in San Francisco. When we filled it out ahead of time, we found that it was a very confusing form, with unusual uses of terms.

In one place of the application, it asks for the "particulars of dependants included in the application" and offers blank boxes for both spouse and children. Matt assumed this meant we would need to fill out just one application for the two of us, since this section seemed to insinuate that a whole family could be included on one visa application. I insisted that the wording was just misleading and that we would really still need two applications filled out. I was right.

Luckily, the lady at the consulate had an extra copy of the application for me to fill out. Unfortunately though, we had to get out of line to fill it out and then wait for a turn again. It didn't take long to wait, maybe ten minutes or so, but it was enough time for me to remind Matt (several times) that I had been right and he had been wrong. :)