So I applied for my passport on the 17th. This was 4 days after I received my call. I thought that that was pretty quick, but it seems that it was too quick.
2 days after I applied for my passport (the 19th), I got a letter from the Mission Travel Department (MTD) saying that they needed me to send my passport, along with other information, to them by 20 August so that I can get a visa to live in Ukraine. The problem is that I didn't expedite my passport because I was told that the process would take 4-6 weeks, which seemed pretty quick since I don't report to the MTC until 10 October. I didn't know at the time when I applied for the passport that the MTD needed that info so quickly. The letter from the MTD told me that if they do not receive this information by 20 Aug. then my MTC report date could be delayed AT LEAST 6 weeks.
Yeah, I feel pretty sick about this now.
But I did the best I could with the information I had at the time. I'll just have to play things through. I also know that Ukraine has a 90-day visa free policy for foreigners. At least, I have read that they have this policy. My hope is that with this "time buffer" for a visa, I will still be able to report on 10 October and move along unimpeded.
-Jordan M. Kelley
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