Well, after much agonizing over which visa courier/consulate to use, we finally made a decision, and got our applications out today, Express Mail. They should arrive at the courier tomorrow, and be taken to the Chicago Chinese Consulate on Monday (or maybe Tuesday, since Monday is MLK Day? Not sure if the consulate is open or not). Unfortunately, this courier doesn't go to the consulate on Fridays - so it would have been really smart to get this in the mail yesterday, so it would get taken to the consulate on Thursday (tomorrow), but alas, it didn't happen.
If you've ever got a visa before, then you know this already...but we had to send our passports in that Express Mail envelope, and it was a little nerve-wracking to do that! Losing our passports at this point would be...well...very, very bad. But I guess that's the point of Express Mail - quick, trackable, and supposedly very safe!
I'm glad that's done. There were a lot of very specific instructions for how to fill out the application and what to enclose with it, so now we can concentrate on other things. :)
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