One step away from visas

Big day today! We finally got our certificates which we have been working on for weeks. (You now have to have a sponsorship certificate to enter and work in the UK.) Since we got our certificates, we have now begun applying for our visas. We have appointments on Thursdays to get our biometrics done and then we will mail everything to the processing center in Chicago and hope for the best! Biometrics is a scan of your fingerprints and a digital picture of your face and it will only take about 5 minutes. 97% of visa applications in our category are decided within 10 days so hopefully we will be leaving during the second or third week of September! Until then, we will be waiting and getting ready to leave...

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Since we are getting close to leaving for England, we decided to start a blog. We are hoping to leave at the beginning of September for Birmingham. Getting our visas has been a long and difficult process and once we finally get those, we are out of here!

Just a FYI, thethompsonstrek no longer exists, so if you want updates, visit our blog. (Long story starting with our computer crashing...)

So for now we are finishing up the process to get our visas, raising more support, trying to close up our life here in L'ville, visiting with family and friends, and all the other stuff that goes along with moving to another country. Mike is still at Thomco for a few more weeks and we are still in our apartment for now. I am starting to feel like we are really leaving now!