Phoenix

Goodbye 2008, Welcome 2009! A year has gone by. Things moved fast for me in 2008. Some good events, some heartening... Graduate Studies, gOS, Mac4Lin, Linux Magazine and some more exciting things in the pipeline :) Semester has ended and I'm getting my much needed break. "Chilling" out in Connecticut. Mind you, its really chilling. Snowing since quite sometime here. Will be getting back to Raleigh tomorrow. A week more of vacations and the usual life starts again. We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. -- Edith Lovejoy Pierce Here's wishing everybody a Happy and Exciting New Year ahead! :) EDIT: I'm back home. The New York/Connecticut trip was great. The photos are in "Now Playing" widget at the top right of my blog.

4) Applying for a VISA Long pending addition to the guide, I apologize for the delay. Been very busy with my graduate studies. Now that a semester is over I haf some time to breathe! This part of the guide is about applying for the VISA and completing the other necessary formalities. The most important thing is the documentation required. The following documents are required for the VISA process: a) I-20 issued by the University you got admit to and plan to get admit to and admission letter (if any). b) VISA fee receipt c) SEVIS fee receipt d) VISA application forms (DS forms, which is filled when applying for the VISA online) e) Passport f) Degree Certificate (or Provisional) and Transcripts g) GRE, TOEFL mark sheets h) Bank Statements which prove that you haf enough money for your education i) CA Certificate which validates your funds for education, an affidavit from sponsors and other documents j) Any certificates or proof of awards you may want to present You need at least 2 sets o...