going to ireland

so my quest for visitor visa application is not yet over. to be able to visit martin's grandfather in ireland even for a day, i have to apply yet for another visa.

although it seems like too much work for what it's worth, i have to provide every single requirements that they asked.

what's different this time is that whenever i called the consulate office, somebody picks up the phone at the first instance and answers my questions clearly and you don't have to pay a toll fee either. but, i also have to have a bank cheque drafted to pay for the visa fee which i have never done before.

fortunately, transactions with kiwibank is so easy and straightforward that i was in and out of the branch in the same time it would have taken me to post a letter. brilliant!

all was going great. i got all my original documents back in 3 days. the downside though is that the consulate office still have to forward my application to ireland, even if i'm only applying for one-day visit.

and.. hope it doesn't affect the processing time but the staff from the consulate office forgot to make a copy of all my bank statements so the ireland office emailed her to ask me to send copies of my bank statements for the last 6 months. *sigh*

haven't heard from them yet. hopefully they have already approved my visa and is on it's way here.