Woo hoo! After an extremely ridiculous day that started with me leaving some of my docs at home, the woman at USPS telling me I had purchased the wrong envelope and not being able to fit my documents inside, I headed to fed ex. It took everything in me to restrain myself from going Bon Qui Qui on this lady, but I did! $38 down the drain on USPS I hoped for greater success with fed ex. As I put everything in the package my hands were shaking, it was pretty embarrassing. I just kept thinking, these are all the documents I have been working on and collecting for months! What if somethings wrong? What if I forgot something? I checked and double checked...I think I even smudged my application photos a bit! Yikes! It felt amazing to finally mail everything off and know that it's out of my hands...my stomach is still turning a bit and my head is kind of reeling, but I'm really hoping for a placement in an awesome location and a smooth process from here on out! So now I wait for my official contract and start my visa process! Sorry for all the exclamation points, but it seems pretty necessary at this point. I decided to try to work out the total cost:
2 sets of American transcripts $10.00
2 sets of UK transcripts seal $15.00
Bachelors Degree/Apostille-In house (Ohio) $75.00
Masters Degree/Apostille and expedited from the UK $120
FBI Check 18.00
FBI Check Rush Apostilled $43.00
Postage wasted on USPS $38.00
Mailing to Korea $93.00
For a whopping total of: $412.00
This is by no means indicative of what everyone pays, in fact many people get away paying far less. I had a few crazy circumstances. For Example: getting my degree out of state and having to pay for in house apostilling, getting a masters out of country and paying for expedited shipping and rushing my already late FBI check! I have to say a big thanks to my mom for helping me with some of the cost, but man this process got pricey! Thank God this part is over!
And this is how I feel about having my documents turned in! :)
And for those of you who didn't get the Bon Qui Qui reference, you don't know what you're missing! Check it out!
And this is how I feel about having my documents turned in! :)
