It’s Saturday! I received my passport back in the mail delived to our door. I see that the Manila India embassy used Air21 for document mailings. As they should be, a small document a passport is, it was so safe from weather and possible damage. Oh well, I checked right away my visa to be sure everything was right. It really is for 3 months validity tourist visa single entry and I found out that my name is still in my single status name, despite of them asking our marriage certificate, and by hubby’s handling, faxed them both the certificate and license. So it was intentional? I just hope that I will not have problems with that. It’s Saturday, I can not contact then to ask about the case. But glad, I get the passport back. Be travelling soon.

So I guess my amended married name in my passport didn’t suffice, they have to have our married license to see my married name. It was just not in their list of requirements. Darn! This Netherlands Visa application is hassling us. I wish I could point it word by word in my papers that hubby’s company is responsible for me financially. Can’t they understand? Hubby’s company is flying all the rig managers and higher positions and their wives all for free! But it is okay, though we have been exchanging communications back and forth to make them understand; at least, it is already being processed.

Finally, Miami office of the Netherlands Consulate said my papers were okay. We had had several email exchanges with the New Orleans sub-office because of the health insurance thing. Hubby’s company is international with employees from all over the world, so I am also covered when I travel outside of the USA. Somehow they had hard time understanding out-of network plans of the company that the benefits department was involved already in making the New Orleans office understand. Miami said its OK, so now we are ready to receive my passport back which we Fedex’d early this week, with Netherlands visa already. Hubby was taking care of it, making sure everything would be dealt and settled with so we can have my visa to the mid-October trip. So excited!