After a lengthy period of radio silence, today we received a somewhat exciting email from our agency -- it was time to download our pre-placement packet!This packet included some information about travel, passports, paperwork and a contact sheet for us to complete and return to them so that they have all our phone numbers for "the call". How exciting to finally be planning for our referral day!
After reading the packet, I think that I should probably also start a "to do" list for everything that needs to happen between referral and travel -- stop newspaper, hold mail, notify employers of leave dates, make boarding arrangements for our furkids, etc, etc, etc. I'll post a draft when I get it put together. In the meantime, if you think of anything that I need to remember to do, feel free to comment here or send me an email. Thanks!!
2 comments:
How exciting!! One thing to be sure to add to your list is to register with the State Dept, here is their website: http://www.state.gov/travelandbusiness/
Also, if you have a security system for your home, be sure to let them know you will be out of the country for certain dates.
Enjoy this time of preparation!!
Cris
Don't forget copies of EVERYTHING! I scanned all our paperwork to date into our laptop, copied it to a disk & a flash drive, and made two sets of "hard copies" (one to bring & one to leave here). Probably overkill - but better safe than sorry.
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