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Unconscious prescience...
Feb. 23rd, 2012 07:13 pmYesterday's post about assumptions came home today to roost, so to speak, when the word was passed to file for another visa for possible launch campaign work in Baikonur.
The most recent wrinkle in the visa process—which I was introduced to back in December—involved creating an account on a Russian government server and entering the application data online. I thought this kind of approach made sense, for a variety of reasons, not the least of which because the physical space provided on the paper form was often woefully inadequate to accommodate the volume of information requested. But mostly, I thought, this would do away with the tedium of filling in the same information each time I applied for a visa—I mean, it's not as if the details of my educational background and military service from over a quarter of a century ago will ever change, right?—not to mention that, in my case, some of the information takes a bit of effort and time to fill in (the list of countries visited in the previous 10 years comes to mind).
However, the assumption I made—that data entered in a previous application would be available for reuse—turned out to be very much mistaken. The entire application had to be entered again.
Ah, well. At least the job is done and all requisite materials have been sent.
* * * In other news, I spent time invoicing the past ten days of work and am not in a position to complain about billings so far this month.
* * * In yet other news, a potential renter is dragging his feet in responding to our counter to his counter to our offer. If he fails to respond by COB tomorrow, I'll be faced with the choice of canceling plans for Monday or risking having to cancel on Monday and pay a penalty.
Still, tomorrow is another day.
Cheers...
The most recent wrinkle in the visa process—which I was introduced to back in December—involved creating an account on a Russian government server and entering the application data online. I thought this kind of approach made sense, for a variety of reasons, not the least of which because the physical space provided on the paper form was often woefully inadequate to accommodate the volume of information requested. But mostly, I thought, this would do away with the tedium of filling in the same information each time I applied for a visa—I mean, it's not as if the details of my educational background and military service from over a quarter of a century ago will ever change, right?—not to mention that, in my case, some of the information takes a bit of effort and time to fill in (the list of countries visited in the previous 10 years comes to mind).
However, the assumption I made—that data entered in a previous application would be available for reuse—turned out to be very much mistaken. The entire application had to be entered again.
Ah, well. At least the job is done and all requisite materials have been sent.
Still, tomorrow is another day.
Cheers...
