Medically, VISA stands for vancomycin intermediate-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Financially, Visa is an electronic payment network that provides people with credit cards, debit cards, etc. The visa that I am concerned with, however, is the one that is related to immigration.
On the 31st of March 2009 (a few weeks ago), the UK Consulate decided to change the requirement for people who want to apply for a student visa to the UK. It now has a point-based system whereby you have to satisfy several requirements, amongst which is getting a super complicated sponsor letter from your supervisor and getting a bank statement to prove that you have sufficient money to fund your education in the UK. So my original plan of applying for the visa by mid April has to be postponed to who knows when as I need to wait for the all important sponsor letter that I need to ask my supervisor for the second time, since he one he sent me originally is no longer acceptable now.
So last night I was writing this long email to my supervisor explaining the change in regulation and what I need from him, when my neighbour popped by and said I look like I was doing an assignment. Which is probably true. Only, I need this assignment to be 100% successful, I cannot afford to fail.
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