bahuma: the blog

Well I’m back from Melbourne and the trip went really well. After getting all stressed out about the visa interview, it went really smoothly.

After checking out and walking to Swanston St to catch the No16 tram, I arrived 1 hour and 45 minutes early at the consulate…ooops..

After grabbing some brekky and trying to kill time, I ended up going in around 9:45am (my appointment was @ 11)… After being told “geez mate, your early.. did you fly in from interstate or something?”, I went through security and started playing the waiting game.

After sitting for a while and watching the fabulous 5 minute looping video about entering the US, I was called to submit my forms and supporting documentation. Once that was done it was time to return to the waiting game.

After a while, I was called up to the second window where I was asked around 2-3 questions, he said it all looks good, you have the qualifications etc he said it will be in the mail in around 4-5 days The relief was fantastic

That afternoon i was walking around Melbourne and I came across a flight center. I intended to go in and just ask about prices etc and some of the first prices he came up with were what I expected. After I enquired about “how about the prices into Baltimore/Washington [BWI])”, he came up with a Qantas / AA combination for a killer price. I walked out for a 1 year return ticket to BWI for $1754 (all taxes inc) leaving on Feb 28th. There are change fees on this ticket so I booked it as far into the future as possible with the intention of setting a date later.

Anyways, thats it for now, Tata!