Bismillah...
Lets continue with my study journey story. Which stage am I in now? Currently, I'm still waiting for my study leave approval and my visa appointment is scheduled in 2 weeks. What happened after the TB test? CHAOS! Hahaha
First, there was a glitch in my application portal. Although I have received my unconditional letter, my application status was not updated in the system that the autogenerated email to confirm my visa details was not sent to me. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I needed the CAS to proceed with MARA so I wrote to the university (again). The problem was finally sorted after 5 exchange of emails, I think. At first the reply told me that I should complete the form inside the portal which actually was non existent in my account yet. I had to describe my problem again; probably how I described it the first time was not clear enough. My first communication dated 2nd July and I received my CAS on 7th August! I understand very well that UCL was getting a high volume of enquiries so yeah if you were to go through this same journey in the future, I'm prompting you how much PATIENCE you will need hahaha
Then, there was a problem with the visa appointment booking. I was actually very hopeful that they will reopen the office in Sabah but I think that is not going to happen soon hahaha I couldn't start with the visa application without CAS and earlier this month, the earliest slot was in December. It sparked outrage and a second petition was started. The first one was urging the application center in KL to reopen and it did thereafter. The second one was to urge to increase the number of appointment slots. Alhamdulillah, Wisma Putra responded to this and on 17th August more slots were opened. I manage to secure mine the next morning because the website eventually crashed due to heavy traffic. I was not resilient enough to stay up for it hahaha Beauty sleep is imperative!
So, what is this mountains of documents about? They are the documents that I have to settle for MARA hahaha I think the list is almost the same as the previous batches,
Everything has to be handwritten in capital letters. As someone who struggles with perfectionism, it took me the longest time (2 days) to complete the fields because I keep on throwing those that I thought was not neat enough hahaha I found it difficult at first since we write lesser and lesser these days. But after a few hours, it became more natural and it started to feel like doing calligraphy hahaha
The Surat Akuan Penjamin must be done in the presence of a commissioner of oath. Alhamdulillah, as KK at that time was already in Phase 2, this was easily arranged. At first I went to search for the service in KK and incidentally found out that there was one near my house! I called prior to my visit to check for the opening hours. It cost me RM 20 for two sets.
I did my medical check up at the staff clinic but I had to do urine PCR for gonorrhea at Gribbles (088-230149) which cost me RM 147.69. It was easy for me as a clinical staff since I could get the pathology form and container at the hospital. The urine sample should be the first void, meaning the first urine in the morning. I took a day off to send the sample and spent the rest of the day settling other affairs at the bank. O ya, all the reports should be printed and be sent to MARA.
Since there are too many papers to deal with, to get them organized, I placed each of the documents inside its own clear folder and compiled them together inside a simple clear folder file organizer. So I just have to take out the specific file that I wanted to settle at a particular day without having to disturb and mess up the order of the other documents. Some people used the expanding file folder type. At first I thought of using that too but then I will have to buy a new one hahaha So I decided to use what I already have which proved to be super convenient as well.
I have not submitted these documents yet since I'm still waiting for my leave approval which is one of the attachment required in Borang Maklumat Peribadi.
Although I'm facing many delays but so far actually all the processes have been smooth, Alhamdulillah. I will definitely make a special appreciation post for the people who have assisted me with all this. Without them it would have been more difficult. For me, doing all this during pandemic has its pro and cons. For instance, I decided to utilize the moratorium so I wouldn't burden my parents with my commitments. And I've been thinking, if I went at a younger age, it would have been a disaster. The current me is better at juggling my responsibilities, better with time management and better with handling pressure. Too relaxed that I questioned myself, "Should I be more worried..?" Naaaahhh.. This is okay. It actually helps me to think clearly.
Where I spend most of my time these days Hahaha
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