Monday, January 28, 2008

Still Waiting

After a hiccup in our visa application process we are still waiting to receive our visas.  We are hoping that we will be on our way in one more weeks time.  Keep your fingers crossed.  In related news we learned today that the IRS does not tax any of our wages earned in Korea. HOORAY, this is going to end up allowing Alison and I to save another big chunk of money over the next year.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Our lives are in Korea....well, at least our lives on paper.

All of our documents(copies of our passports, diplomas, transcripts, medical checks, criminal background checks, resumes)were safely delivered to our recruiter in Seoul at the beginning of this week.  She has passed them on to our school, where they will look them over and then send them on to the immigration office to begin our visa application process.

Thanks so much to everyone who was able to make it to one of our gatherings, either here in Dallas, or in St. Louis over this past weekend.  It was great to see everyone and share our excitement about our lives together and our new jobs.  


Tuesday, January 8, 2008

One Step Closer!

Today we mailed all of our documents over to Korea!

The first step was getting our passport-sized photos made. The size of Sam's hair + the size of Sam's head gave the ladies at Kinko's a bit of a challenge, but after standing half-way across the store they were able to fit him into the required size (only kidding). Then after several container changes we were able to get the cost of mailing down to a more reasonable amount. Let's just say we won't be offended if we don't receive too many care packages from home!

Hopefully everything will (safely) arrive in Seoul by next Monday and we will receive our visa issuance numbers by the end of next week and can then make a quick trip down to Houston to receive our actual visas and still be on track to leave on the 27th. Definitely keep your fingers crossed!

Sunday, January 6, 2008

More to come soon.

As of today, our departure should be January 27th, but it could be the 26th or 28th, depending on flight schedules. As soon as we know our mailing address we will post it. Keep checking back for updates.

Sam