The visa is here!

Fantastic news! Finally, I heard something about my visa. I had handed in all the documents on the 18th of March to the executive director of ABS as he had to fill out the application for my visa. Then I didn’t have a clue at what stage the visa application was for quite a long time. I didn’t know the different steps which it had to go through or how long what would take, just in between he let me know if I had to fill out this or that document and then I was back to waiting again. Usually, I like it if I’m in control of the things and know what exactly is going on and what the next steps are. But this time I just had to trust that it will work and that I will get it in time. Everybody I ask says it is very difficult to get a work permit for Bhutan and that the visa application process often takes very long. Someone told me once that she had to wait more than a month in Nepal as she was stuck there because she didn’t get the entry visa for Bhutan on time. 
When on the 30th of April I got a mail telling me that I was granted a work permit for a year, I was overjoyed about it. This meant I was a very big step closer to really putting my plan of going to Bhutan into practice. Then the next step was filling out more documents for the entry-visa.
But on the 13th of May it already happened: I got my entry-visa. 
In my head I had always told myself that I won’t worry about the visa at least until one month before my flight went to Bhutan. I had never expected to already get it more than two months in advance. So, I was both positively surprised and very glad. This makes it even more real to me that I will be going to Bhutan soon and now there is no obstacle left to hold me back. Bhutan I’m coming : )