I finally got my visa on Wednesday morning! It was kind of an ordeal getting it. It involved lots of steps, two months of running around and figuring things out, and finally even an emergency trip to Bulgaria, but I can now legally stay in the country for the next five years!!
The first step was getting a couple documents translated and notarized. I spent a whole afternoon walking up and down the streets, and trying three different offices with a friend until we found a notary that was willing to notarize my documents for me. Then I had to go and pay a bill at the insurance office. Someone took me to find it, but we ended up spending another entire afternoon looking for this office. We visited two abandoned buildings before we found the right one. Then I had to drop off some of my documents at another office. They lost one of my documents so I had to go back and drop off another copy. There were a couple other steps as well...so needless to say it is so great to have it all done! I was really close to overstaying my tourist visa, so that is why I was 'exiled' to Bulgaria for a few days. When I finally went to turn my paperwork in at immigration, it went quickly and with no questions asked! This was a nice surprise, considering that this is Eastern Europe and the immigration officials often interpret the law the way they see fit. Now I am enjoying the great feeling of knowing that I am legal. As I said in my last post, my camera is broken, so I found a few pictures of the city of Bucharest to give you a little idea of where I do all my running around.
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