I’d like to have an incredibly funny and interesting story to tell about collecting the visas; some drama I hadn’t anticipated that led to a multiple-international diplomatic incident of epic […]

“Hallo” Ich habe gesagt. “Ist alles in ordnung mit mein Visum?” It’s snowing as if it were Christmas, and tomorrow is the day I drive back to Bonn to collect […]

Well, that seemed far too easy! I drove to Bonn, parked up, found the Consulate – which was marked with a small plaque on the wall (no flag or anything) […]

I want ’em all! This week I have had telephone conversations in German with native Russian speakers about our Kazakh and Kyrgyz visas (or visum or виза depending on whether […]

In the era of Schengen and easy travel within Europe, it’s easy to forget the visa minefield involved in going anywhere slightly more adventurous. I was recommended a visa agency […]