this is for another day when I have the brain capacity to tap back into what is the ptsd of tls and the visa application process.
She's decided tonights the night to edit this and I'm just gonna leave that self note in there bcs it's joke.
Numero uno- pray
numero dos- pray some more
numero 3- type in tls into google
now u have to get a little personal here so bear with its ok to be a bit vulnerable with these ppl, u gotta start by telling them you're English. ( possibly idk where ur from any other nationality might be better at this point) they're then gonna tell u u need a visa which is ok bcs I've already warned u of this & if not I'm sure you're gonna be reminded by any middle-aged person in your neighbourhood at some point this wk darling so don't u worry x
I had a lovely chat with a British man working in my local vintage shop that had the audacity to say Brexit was my generations fault lollll
Moving on before any negative feelings brew, say we're going to france, select your centre, scroll to the bottom of the page to select that you havent completed your French visa form & get crack a lacking on that beauty x
pretty sure u add some cheeky documents they might want & pay some $$
U can then create an account/log in once you've done that to access the next steps of submitting a ton of the same information & uploading more docs etc
Make sure u do the Campus France thing too bcs the stress these ppl gave me over that u have to constantly check the notifications page on tls' website bcs I didn't then they hit me with 'please bring confirmation of the Campus France process' THE DAY BEFORE MY APPOINTMENT and I was like bro the fudge is that & it was a whole ass two week long procedure I had to do to resubmit THE SAME DOCUMENTS all over again.
Once u have that and have copies of all your documents in a nice cute lil folder u just might be able to book an appointment at your three widely inclusive choices of Edinburgh, Manchester or yeah you guessed it, London. enjoy travelling down there if that's ur only choice to get an appointment that isn't two months from now.
I was meant to be in France from the start/mid June and I didn't get there till the end of July so prep well
If I'm gonna look on the bright side of life I did get a wknd in London out of it & it only took less than a wk before I could go back down to collect my visa.
Best believe I came home & booked flights that same day & started packing aha.
Just mentally prepare for the process its gonna be bcs its truly traumatic & has taken me since July 2021 to write this process in a blog bcs it gives me ptsdddd.
The renewal of my visa was much easier I had to log onto the website that I validated my visa on when I got here, create a request, upload the relevant documents (financial sufficiency, proof of academic enrolment etc) think I may have payed some money too & bob's ur uncle after that.
Will say though that they asked for an e-photo and I had no clue what that was & it's just a digitalised photo with your signature on which u can get done in some local shops around u, it'll show u where they are depending on ur location on the site. Yh that's it really now I'm legally allowed to reside here till sept :D
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