Hey everybody, I wanted to give you an update on our visa process. The way it works is we each (all 6 of us) have to have ,I can't remember exactly, maybe 3 copies of our birth certificates and some other legal documents, approved by the state and then sent up to Condeleesa Rice,in Washington D.C., to be approved by her and then sent down to the Brazilian Consulate in Miami for them to look at our papers and then sent down to Brasilia (the capital of Brazil) for them to approve it and then sent back to Miami for them to send it to us so we can take it back to Miami, where it just was.
So now that you understand that, we got our paper work back from the consulate so next Monday my parents are going to Miami to apply for our Visas in person because that is what is required by the Brazilian Government. After my mother and father apply for the Visas we should get them in about 4 to 6 weeks. We had some friends that were in VA with us ,that were also going to Brazil and they are there now, got theirs in 3 weeks so you just never know when you will get them.
When we get to Brazil we will be in language school for 6 months ,in Campinas. After that we will go down to the city we will live in Porto Alegre. The cities name means Happy Port. I think that is a cool name. We are going to live in a 3 bedroom 2 bath house with an office that can be turned in to a bedroom just depending on if dad needs the work space. Another thing that the house will have is a 7 foot ELECTRIC fence and a guard that is right across the street. I am not sure if that is suppose to be scary or comforting.
Well until next time, leave me a comment.
Love,
His Princess,
Kati Cunningham
