Illegal aliens

I thought I'd give you all an update on the status of our visas. And no, just in case anyone was wondering, we're not legal yet. Rod, the kids and I spent four and a half hours yesterday at the FRRO. Our papers have arrived (finally!) from Gurgaon, and now we are in a position to move forward. Unfortunately the fact that this was Rod's fifth visit (and the kids and my second) since July 23, and the fact that we had been in the office for many, many hours already did not allow us to complete our visa extensions, because we hadn't filled in the necessary forms (possibly because we'd never been given them!). But we left the office with two different forms to fill out (in triplicate) and the Incharge told Rod to return with them in the morning. He kindly said we needn't bring the kids again. This is a good thing, because school starts today and Thalia doesn't want to miss it. Keir said he didn't mind if he missed school, probably because he played on his DS for the whole four and a half hours! So Rod is back at the FRRO. I don't expect we will get our visa extensions today. The forms we were given all relate to our re-registration in Delhi. We aren't overly concerned about not being registered in the right district, but the FRRO obviously thinks it's vitally important. I think this is a step we just have to go through. But I am hopeful we will complete the registration today. Hopefully.