Apostille. I will never forget this word. It has caused me more grief than the entire application process put together. An apostille is like an international notarization. In order to get your visa at the Houston Consulate your background check must have an Apostille. In order to get the Apostille on your background check you must note that you will be needing that on the application for the background check. Before you send it in.
I only found out about this little notation about two weeks ago. It is estimated to take 6 weeks for the background check to come back. Another 2 weeks for the background check to come back from actually receiving the apostille and another 3 weeks for the visa. That's if there are no delays. My take off date is September 13th, and I'm suddenly very worried about making it. Especially because I'm hearing rumors of the apostille taking 4 weeks.
All I can say is: Always read all of the directions. No matter how familiar you are with the list of needed documents, read EVERY word. No skimming on things like Visa applications.
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