- I had to send in my visa application by Tuesday
- My passport was missing
Now it's Sunday, and the plan is thus:
- Parents send me my old passport, to arrive no later than Tues morning (as ID to get replacement for lost passport)
- On Monday, I get passport photos taken (two sets) and print & fill out visa forms and passport forms
- Tuesday early afternoon, receive old passport at post office, go to appointment downtown to get new passport
- Tuesday afternoon, mail visa application
Tuesday evening, drink with friends.
I feel a little bad for Lily (The TW visa person); there are some politely calmly panicked emails in her inbox, and one voicemail that all basically say "oh god oh god something went wrong and I don't know what to do. Help!" But now I think stuff is pretty well handled, barring (more) unforeseen fail. I hope she gets back to me on Monday, though. I'd really like some reassurance and guidance to double-check that what I'm doing is the correct thing to do.
Where did my passport go? I don't know. I wish I did. If I could find it, I could save a couple hundred bucks on Tuesday. But I'll have to settle for just not losing my new one. I'm going to keep it in the drawer of papers where it should have been this time, but wasn't.