Biometrics Appointment... TOMORROW! :D

[amaquima]

Is it ok to be panicky over this? :-p I feel exhausted, I have been in airports the whole day, but I feel like my brain is on overdrive and it won't switch off... xD I can't wait to send out my documents and just wait... however nerve-wrecking that will be...

[beignets]

Originally Posted by amaquima

Is it ok to be panicky over this? :-p I feel exhausted, I have been in airports the whole day, but I feel like my brain is on overdrive and it won't switch off... xD I can't wait to send out my documents and just wait... however nerve-wrecking that will be...

Biometrics are nothing to panic over! It's very painless, it takes about 10 minutes and you're all done.

[amaquima]

I know, but I have been sleep deprived for far too long to feel anything but terror :-p Ok, maybe I'm over reacting... But after all I am paying for this I spent the whole flight panicking over them losing my luggage xD I should go sleep! I don't think I´m thinking straight :-p

Originally Posted by beignets

Biometrics are nothing to panic over! It's very painless, it takes about 10 minutes and you're all done.

[Liz in UK]

It's ok to be panicky, as traveling is stressful and visas are stressful! Don't worry though, your biometric appointment should be simple, painless and quick (If it is anything like mine) I was so nervous for mine in the US that I turned up half an hour early and then waited in the car. Turns out I could have gone in and been seen early, who knew? And you should have seen me after my FLR(M) premium appointment while I was waiting for a decision. Crying in the middle of Cardiff "What if they say no?!?!"

It's perfectly natural to be nervous, but your appointment will be fine, you'll get your biometrics done, you'll go home, send off your application, be nervous and stressed for a bit longer, and then you'll get a decision and take it from there!

Good luck, and you'll be fine tomorrow

[beignets]

Originally Posted by amaquima

I know, but I have been sleep deprived for far too long to feel anything but terror :-p Ok, maybe I'm over reacting... But after all I am paying for this I spent the whole flight panicking over them losing my luggage xD I should go sleep! I don't think I´m thinking straight :-p

You're not overreacting at all! This whole process is VERY scary. I totally understand how you feel. I promise the biometrics appointment won't be scary though!
Get some rest, you'll feel better tomorrow. Good luck!

[2farapart]

We were surprised how pleasant the experience was (for us). Ten minutes of fingerprints and photo, a lot of pleasant chat and laughter through it with friendly staff. But like everyone here, we didn't sleep the night before (it was our FLR(M) appointment too). We'd spent several days (weeks?) convincing each other it would all be fine yet in our own minds inventing every implausible reason why we would be turned away and refused a visa.

I think that's natural given how important it is to our lives - and we were fine in the end.

[AnAmericanInScotland]

All of the above

This is one of the very most important times of your life, ranks right up there with having a child. 'They' (UKBA and the people at the application centre) have the rest of your life in their hands and it is completely reasonable for you to be concerned/worried/nervous/terrified!

Everyone who has been where you are right now knows EXACTLY what you experiencing, and know all this really will pass:

The waiting to do the biometrics/waiting to send the hard copies/waiting to see if the package arrived to the consulate/waiting to hear if a determination has been made/waiting to get the hard copies and visa vignette back/waiting to board the plane/waiting to get off the plane/waiting through the Immigration Hall queue/waiting for the Immigration Officer to let you into the country/waiting for your luggage to come down onto the carrousel/waiting for the crowd to part and reveal your spouse...

who has been waiting too

So this horrific anxiety you are enduring is normal, and will pass, and we're here with a virtual hug and cuppa to help you get through it

[mehemlynn]

Originally Posted by amaquima

Is it ok to be panicky over this? :-p I feel exhausted, I have been in airports the whole day, but I feel like my brain is on overdrive and it won't switch off... xD I can't wait to send out my documents and just wait... however nerve-wrecking that will be...

We will be doing our application tomorrow and I feel the same way. I don't think it will end until after everything is said and done.

M

[amaquima]

Well, guess what... Everything that could go wrong did go wrong I did so very much research and contacted WorldBridge and did everything I could to have my facts straight, and I ended up screwing up
It turns out that, given that I came to Colombia, I had to surrender my passport... And wait for up to 8 weeks!!! In Colombia, where I don't know ANYONE or go to Panama to the Biometrics clinic in two weeks I feel so heartbroken... Of course I tried to bargain, offering many scenarios, but none of them works. So, I'm gonna go to Panama in two weeks, but I feel so frustrated and stupid... The stafff was great, and I don't blame them, but I am soooo gonna complain to Worldbridge, because I emailed them, explained my entire plan and ask if I was correct and not once did they tell me that I was doing something wrong.
I will go get that damned appointment now

Btw, thank you for your replies... You all rock!

Originally Posted by AnAmericanInScotland

All of the above

This is one of the very most important times of your life, ranks right up there with having a child. 'They' (UKBA and the people at the application centre) have the rest of your life in their hands and it is completely reasonable for you to be concerned/worried/nervous/terrified!

Everyone who has been where you are right now knows EXACTLY what you experiencing, and know all this really will pass:

The waiting to do the biometrics/waiting to send the hard copies/waiting to see if the package arrived to the consulate/waiting to hear if a determination has been made/waiting to get the hard copies and visa vignette back/waiting to board the plane/waiting to get off the plane/waiting through the Immigration Hall queue/waiting for the Immigration Officer to let you into the country/waiting for your luggage to come down onto the carrousel/waiting for the crowd to part and reveal your spouse...

who has been waiting too

So this horrific anxiety you are enduring is normal, and will pass, and we're here with a virtual hug and cuppa to help you get through it

[AnAmericanInScotland]

Originally Posted by amaquima

Well, guess what... Everything that could go wrong did go wrong I did so very much research and contacted WorldBridge and did everything I could to have my facts straight, and I ended up screwing up
It turns out that, given that I came to Colombia, I had to surrender my passport... And wait for up to 8 weeks!!! In Colombia, where I don't know ANYONE or go to Panama to the Biometrics clinic in two weeks I feel so heartbroken... Of course I tried to bargain, offering many scenarios, but none of them works. So, I'm gonna go to Panama in two weeks, but I feel so frustrated and stupid... The stafff was great, and I don't blame them, but I am soooo gonna complain to Worldbridge, because I emailed them, explained my entire plan and ask if I was correct and not once did they tell me that I was doing something wrong.
I will go get that damned appointment now

Btw, thank you for your replies... You all rock!

Oh. Wow!

I'm glad the Columbian staff was nice, but I'm really shocked that WorldBridge didn't tell you that Columbia would want you to surrender your passport-that's insane expecting you to arrive, surrender your passport, and then be stranded in Columbia for eight weeks! You are not the one who made a mistake!!

How is going to Panama better-it's still a different country. Unless they can do something differently there?

And oh yes indeed you should not only complain to WorldBridge, but to the UKBA as well. You were given information by WB that has cost you a lot of heartache and money, and they could have spared you all of that!