The mysterious brown envelope

[Jennymc11 2]

Hello everyone,

Now that Rich's interview has come and gone I have found something else to worry about. The courier service said they are delivering it to him tomorrow morning. I have warned Rich repeatedly about not opening the MBE! But I am wondering, how does it work? Is the visa/passport in a seperate envelope? Are two packages delivered? I am probably making a big deal out of this but I want him to know what to expect and what he SHOULD NOT open.

Thanks all:)

Jenny

[John & Annie 0]

Yes, it is in a separate part.

Hw will have access to his passport w/ the visa inside

[sarahandbrian 0]

The courier brought a black plastic bag, like the kind of thin bag you'd get a delivery from a mail order clothing company sort of thing.

Inside the plastic bag is your passport with the visa stamp inside, its sort of like an extra page in your passport, embossed like a banknote.

Alongside that there is a little pamphlet about coming to America and the big thick brown sealed envelope , at least that was all that was contained in my delivery.

Sarah

[TimsDaisy 0]

Tell him to open the outer bag with care, then, upend it and shake, shake shake, until the envelope (more yellow, typical mailing color, than brown - large, paper sized) and the passport plop out. Half of Tim's problem was not seeing the passport tucked on the side and just continuing to open things until he sorted it out. The other half was him looking for a literally brown envelope, something smaller and sealed.

Better to sound crazy beating this information into his head now than face the trouble of calling SMS to come back and sort things out again.

[Jennymc11 2]

Thanks for the advice everyone. It's so hard not being able to be there and control everything! Ha ha ha