The Dance of the Dossier

I talked with Andrea tonight. For those of you who are curioust as to waht the consulate is doing with our paperwork, here it is.

1. One person checks the papers for any errors and initials every page
2. Then his supervisor double checks it
3. After that the paperwork travels to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where it is checked to make sure the consulate didn't make any mistakes
4. Paperwork is then moved to the Ministry of Education (MOE) where it is logged in.
5. Once we know which region we are traveling to, our paperwork will again be moved to the Regional MOE
6. The Regional MOE then asks the the Central MOE to send a Letter of Invitation (LOI) to us to travel.

Meanwhile, we will be here waiting for the call and completing more paperwork that is required for travel.