Appointments

Yesterday I tried to make an appointment at the US embassy to renew my visa when I come back over in May. I thought I should do it whilst I was in the UK because, as many of you know, it used to be the case that you could only make the phone call from the UK. I will come back to this later. Anyhow, I tried to book an appointment for May, but was told I couldn't do this for another 3 weeks or so. I wonder if this is a similar hangup to that I've heard of in UK GP surgeries, where they have to be able to offer an appointment within n days, so they don't let you book them up in advance. Sillyness of the highest degree.

So, back to the phonecall. They have a new number now, that you can call from within the US. Gosh, how exciting, I hear you cry. Or not. The cost of the phonecall is a flat rate of $16. $16!!