You Didn't Need to Report That!

In our frantic attempt to determine our odds as to whether the great student visa lottery will work in our favor, I called a few people today to find out what might happen and what should plan B be. The first person I talked to was an Israeli who is in Southern California, working as an immigration attorney specializing in Israelis who want to come to the United States. She said that we'd definitely have the opportunity to appeal if our student visas were rejected. She also told me that we need not have reported our American jobs to the consulate.

My second call was to the San Francisco offices of the Jewish Agency for Israel. The long-term programs director there told me that we should've applied for a residence visa and that we need not have reported our American jobs to the consulate. But, she was optimistic that we might actually get approved for our student visas because the Conservative Yeshiva is a well-respected institution. I'm holding my breath and looking out the window every 1.2 seconds for the FedEx truck!