{"id":4395,"date":"2013-01-05T20:54:48","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T02:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=4395"},"modified":"2013-01-05T20:57:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T02:57:06","slug":"the-joy-of-visas-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2013\/the-joy-of-visas-podcast.html","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Visas (podcast)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>So over the past few months some of you have heard bits and pieces of our attempt to get visas.<\/b> &nbsp;Well, we <i>have<\/i> visas (yes, we&#8217;re legal!), but we&#8217;re attempting to get more <i>permanent<\/i> visas.<\/p>\n<p>Some of my favourite posts from the past are here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2012\/a-brief-visit-to-canada.html\">A Brief Visit to Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2012\/fun-with-visa-documents.html\">Fun with visa documents&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2012\/visa-adventures-and-other-adventures-continue.html\">Visa adventures (and other adventures) continue!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Well, without going back into every detail, I decided it was time to give you an overview of the past few months and what will be happening in the next few weeks. &nbsp;I figured some of you must be wondering WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON! &nbsp;(Actually, sometimes <i><b>I&#8217;m<\/b><\/i> wondering what in the world is going on!!)<\/p>\n<p>So, if you really want to know, listen to the podcast below. &nbsp;It should explain a little more.<\/p>\n<p>(If for you&#8217;re reading this through the RSS feed, and for some reason can&#8217;t see the media player below, just <a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2013\/the-joy-of-visas-podcast.html\">go to the original post here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So over the past few months some of you have heard bits and pieces of our attempt to get visas. &nbsp;Well, we have visas (yes, we&#8217;re legal!), but we&#8217;re attempting to get more permanent visas. 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