Creeping ever closer

[Sue Spence]

Randy J. Ray wrote:
> I have my work permit in hand. My next step is to apply for a residency 
> visa through the embassy over here (well, in Los Angeles I mean, though 
> luckily I can do the applying on-line). It is not unreasonable to think 
> that I'll be out there by the second week of September, give or take. 
> Maybe sooner, but since I still have to make shipping arrangements for a 
> small slice of my personal belongings, and have to delivery my car to my 
> father for him to sell off, I'm padding the estimate a bit.
> 
> There's a show I hope to attend on the 23rd and 24th of September, in 
> Folkestone. Um, anyone able to tell me how far that is from London...?
> 

Years ago I obtained a similar visa at the consulate in LA. Nice plush 
place on Wilshire Blvd.  When I went to Cr*yd*n to obtain Indefinite 
Leave to Remain, the contrast could not have been more stark. I suspect 
there may have been some redecorating done at the Home Office premises 
there since that time. I hope so, at any rate - what a shithole.