Alison's Journey Home: An Adoption Story - Part 10
by: Nicole Sandler
12-12-2000
It's Tuesday, December 12, about 12:20 PM and I'm still in Kazakhstan! I should have been in Moscow by now, but Alison's visa didn't come through in time.
We had our exit interview at the U.S. Embassy here in Almaty yesterday afternoon, and our coordinator, Galiya, misunderstood when she was told that Alison's passport was ready, she thought that meant that her exit visa was ready too, which it wasn't.
So, we went to the Air Kazakhstan office to change our tickets from the Wed. 2:00 AM flight to the Tues. 2:00 AM flight to give us an extra day in Moscow to avoid any potential problems.
We got back to the apartment at about 7:30 and I finished packing. At 9:00 PM I got the call saying that Alison's visa had NOT come in, and we would NOT be leaving! Needless to say, I was not very happy.
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Alison's Journey Home: An Adoption Story - Part 10
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About The Author
Nicole Sandler is the owner/producer of Legacy Video Productions, specializing in producing adoption stories. You can see Alison's Journey Home, the video at www.legacyvideoproductions.com.
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