No one but those overseas knows how much trouble this word is…
Let me fill you in on what is going on over here. Back in May, the Cabinet of Ministers ordered/decreed/passed a law essentially forcing foreigners to either register or be out of the country for half of the year. Before this point, you had the option of registering or crossing the border every 90/180 days (depending on the latest law). Crossing the border was way easier and cheaper, so that is what most people did. Now with this new law, all that has changed. Now I’m going to switch to my story.
To register you need a letter of invitation, a government document confirming that you live at a certain address, a copy of your passport, and a passport photo. We have been having trouble with get the address document. Thankfully, that was taking care of at the end of last week. Yesterday, I got the passport photos. All of my documents were in order (at least we thought so…) for this morning’s trip. I have just over a week left before my initial 180 days runs out. We went to the OVIR this morning and found out that my letter of invitation was no good, and I had to get a new one. Since the organization is in Chicago, that means that it’s going to be 5pm this afternoon at the earliest before we can get a hold of them. This means that we’ll have to wait till the next receiving day (Thursday) to try to register. Here are a few specific prayer needs:
1. That we will be able to get a new letter of invitation before Thursday from my inviting organization. Also, that it will have all of the necessary information in it.
2. That we will have all the necessary documents in place when we go back to the OVIR on Thursday morning.
3. That they will accept and approve my request for registration.
Thank you for your prayer support! God bless!
