Time to apply

It's time to apply for the Welcome Stamp visa. It looked easy to do but there really wasn't much information on the process that I could find. So how did I find it? Really easy actually. You just had to fill in some standard information- Name, address, passport details and take a passport-style photo to go with the application. You don't need to pay anything until the visa is accepted.

This being a governmental process I expected it to take a while but in 3 days I had the confirmation email saying it had been approved. The next step, make the payment. This was even simpler, just a standard payment and done. The visa is then really to be activated on entry to the country. You receive a copy of it by email and an information email on what you need to do. Basically, you just need to update them once you have your arrival date, they will then reissue the visa with the correct dates. At this point, they also want to know your long term Barbados address, apparently, you can update this as you need to locally if you move.

This feels like a really big step forward but there is still so much to be done. So onward I go, until next time.