Paperwork Completed!

Praise Jesus! To eliminate some of the stress, I just hired someone in the US to take care of the documents for me. It cost quite a bit of money because I had so many documents, but the fact is, I didn't have to do it.

There's no way that I would have the patience/time/etc to keep calling the States from Taiwan and finding out where to send things. That and FedEx is extremely far from where I live.

If you ever need documents authenticated in the US, call Brigitte. She made it so easy and it looks like within two weeks, she's all done.


Brigitte Siegall
Express Document Authentication Services
1312 18th Street NW, Suite 103
Washington, DC 20036
202-223-8823 (Tel)
530-579-3315 (Fax)
brigitte@expressauthentication.com
www.expressauthentication.com

"Red Tape" and Frustration

I FINALLY was able to get my work letter notarized in Kaohsiung. Praise God, a judge notarized it for me! My documents have been attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan and now have to be sent to the UAE Embassy in Taiwan.

Wait, there isn't one!!

So, I must send it to the closest embassy. I found 7 phone numbers for the embassy in Beijing...NONE of them work!

Call Manila. Won't do it. Call Singapore. Won't do it. Call Hong Kong. Won't do it, but they did give me a working number for Beijing.

Call Beijing. Can't understand the English recordings. Call. Call. Call. Call.
Finally got through this morning only to be told to call back after 3pm or on Friday since the guy incharge wasn't there...

I should just glue my phone to my ear at this point.

On a brighter note, it was bright outside today! :)