Now the Waiting

I sent off my visa packet today.  It cost $80 to send to Taiwan.  Now I just wait to hear back.  I hear this may be the hardest part of the process, I guess we'll see.

I'm now back in Oregon and got all my stuff moved in with my parents.  Now I get to concentrate on weddings and a TESOL certificate.

EPIK Interview

I just finished my interview with EPIK.  I gotta say, my interviewer was clearly just doing a job.  I guess I can understand that since they are doing so many interviews, but I tried to get him to react to something and was completely unsuccessful.  Nothing like my interview with my recruiter.  The guy also didn't know the answers to most of my questions.  Talk about frustrating.

Overall though I think it went alright.  I should be hearing back from my recruiter next week.  The biggest issue is going to be location.  We talked about a couple options but I really want to be in a city, so I need to be more specific than location.  I was not prepared for that discussion so hopefully I'll be able to do some research before EPK gets back to my recruiter.  I just e-mailed them some questions about that and a TESL certificate.  I don't know if I'll have time to get one before I go over, but if I can I would like to.

On a side note, man I have been busy this week.  Packing and getting ready to move, climbing as much as I can, and trying to sell my car.  On top of it all my internet has been turned off so I have to go to the clubhouse to get e-mails.  I can't wait till I'm back in Oregon and everything is calm again lol.

EPIK Interview

Finally!  I have my EPIK interview tomorrow at 7:30 pm.  Right in the middle of my move, but that's ok.  I just got the e-mail about it, so over 24 hours notice.  I've got some prep to do.

Apostilles pt. 2

Man I'm busy right now lol.  I'm packing up my apartment, making arrangements for the move and getting back to Oregon, and trying to climb and hang out with everyone as much as possible before I go.  It will get easier tomorrow because its my last day at work!

On a visa note I got my Apostilled documents back, so I now have everything I need for my visa, with the exception of passport photos.  Those take 30min to get, so I can get everything shipped out the day after my interview.  Its been a long costly process, but I'm so excited.

I did hear back again from my recruiter.  EPIK has my application and I'm in line with everyone else waiting for interviews.  Its annoying, but part of the process.

That's all the time I have now, so much to do to move!

Apostilles

I got my Oregon CBC back the other day and had my recruiter look over it.  All good on that front.  They also approved my community college transcripts.  The school put a label over the envelope seal instead of a stamp so I was concerned about that.  I sent off the copies of my degrees and my Texas CBC to get apostilled, total cost $45.

I also got an e-mail today saying no one has been sent a notice of appointment or even been recommended for a placement.  That's good to hear, I've been getting anxious to get a position nailed down!  Sounds like everything is going fine though.

On another note I turned in my resignation on Monday.  Now I'm working on prepping for the move back to Oregon.  So much to do, so little time.