It's Here!

[bjarvis]

My replacement passport arrived today! Hurray... I can travel internationally once again!

My application was mailed on Sept 29, my credit card billed Nov 6 and the passport delivered Dec 11. 63 days total.

Comments

[snowboardjoe.livejournal.com]

Ah. That means you will find the old one that you lost tomorrow. :)

[jss]

Ah. That means you will find the old one that you lost tomorrow. :)

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

I'm sitting in the living room, waiting for it and my old green card to spontaneously materialize in the center of the room, back from the parallel universe in which they were hidden.

[brunorepublic.livejournal.com]

Yay!!!

So, um... any chance you'll be visiting soon? :)

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Getting kent4str to visit Canada during winter is like folding space: it can be done in theory, but OMG the energy required. :-(

[brunorepublic.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd be the same way, except I'm stuck here. You saw what I was like in back in, when was it, April?

I'd keep you guys warm... ;)

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the information, as my passport expires on my birthday in March. Sounds like I should be getting renewed no later than January!

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Mine took longer since (a) it was a replacement for a lost passport rather than just a simple renewal, (b) it was for a Canadian passport and (c) I was applying from outside of Canada.

Your wait time for a routine renewal on a US passport should be much faster, but do apply for renewal as soon as possible, just in case.

[bearfinch.livejournal.com]

I hope you guys can visit us in London again. I was having evil thoughts during your last visit. ;)

[rsc.livejournal.com]

FSVO "much faster". I'd recommend allowing at least two months.

[kent4str.livejournal.com]

I've been there. I could go again as soon as global warming takes care of that pesky cold. Or if another round of lasik did away with my need for glasses entirely - going from arctic cold into warm, moist buildings, and back, repeatedly, left my eyewear calving icebergs. Not something I'd want to repeat, even if I only need the glasses at night.

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

what kind of glasses do you wear that misbehave so badly? my glasses fog for about 30s inside a warm room after being outside, even on very cold days. no ice on the spectacles. and I live right here in trawna, in the great white north. where it's acksherly above freezing today.

I gave up on contacts when I was teaching in labs, as you shouldn't wear contacts in a lab (nasty chemical vapours dissolve in the lens, and then presto! the chemicals are held right next to your cornea. not a good idea). One of the advantages of contacts in chillier climes is that they never fog in winter as one moves in and out of doors.

brian, you grew up north of nipissing. how did you end up attached to such a weather-wimp?