Everyone fears this day. Questions, documents, grumpy guys sitting behind glass. You feel like a lab rat... like a nobody. And all this for your own money. But that's still ahead for me. My first encounter with all this was...

Hello, my name is Elya, I'm a 3rd-year student at NSU, but who are you going to surprise with that nowadays +) I'm planning to head abroad this summer to stomp my sandals on foreign soil, meet new, non-Siberian faces, and also jump into the saddle with a prince on a white horse!

...as I remember it now, on the evening of February 26, 2010, a certain A. Ne******lo (the guy processing our documents for Work and Travel USA) sent us the documents for obtaining a visa, and all this filled-out, ready-to-use beauty had to be submitted by March 1st.

• a bit of calendar: the 26th is a Friday, the 1st is a Monday, and in the list of required documents, as you all know, it's not just the application form... which can be filled out, if you are a self-organized person, in about 30 minutes, i.e., 30 minutes is such an ideal minimum, anyway, let's not get distracted, there's the application form, a certificate from the university, a passport, various copies, photos, and of course money.. (I had 6500)
  Many will agree with me that it's problematic to collect this whole package of documents, which you had no clue about before, over the weekend, and you have to hand it in on Monday!!!

Only at that moment did I realize how good exam sessions are, or rather the skills acquired thanks to them. As they say, one foot here, the other there.

So .doc -> flash drive -> store -> home... the form seems filled out... I re-read it... damn it, write in block letters... .doc -> flash drive -> store -> home... I re-read it.. mmm.. stick to stick. Okay.. made copies... Now the certificate.. my stumbling block!

Why? You might ask.. Because getting it is quite a quest..

• Quest: To get the certificate, you need to go to the dean's office, where they will give you a sheet stating that you study there and you need to pay a certain amount for the certificate, then you need to go to the cashier, pay, bring the receipt to the dean's office, and they will give you the CERTIFICATE, which you must take to the International Exchange Center and then go to class. Everything would be fine. But... see the given. Given: I live in Akadem, the cashier is also in Akadem, the dean's office is in the city, the International Exchange Center is in Akadem, from Akadem to the city is an hour without traffic, oh yes, I also study in the city, and the 1st is a working day after all! Solution: seven-league boots! *

.. I passed the quest. I brought all the documents on time. I went to memorize answers for the consulate... But that was not the case...