About Your Last Name...

Bobi has lots of stories involving her last name. People can't spell it. Computer software can't handle a last name with two words. Reservations get filed under the wrong name. Chaos ensues.

I think it just happened again.

The Trouble is that the U.S. embassy says it does not have Bobi's fingerprint clearance. I just talked to her adoption agency, who said that the embassy acknowledged receipt of the clearance on October 4th. Then they filed it under "Hartog". When they looked for a clearance for Bobi "Den Hartog" they couldn't find it.

One of Bobi's friends (Hi, Jacqui) just suggested that she change her last name to Jones.

The agency has emailed Bobi a copy of the embassy's acknowledgment of receipt. They hope things can be sorted out once Bobi shows the acknowledgment to the embassy staff.

So -- cross yer fingers! -- I hope tomorrow morning we'll all see good news on this blog.


And just in case we don't: Jacqui has armed me with detailed instructions on how to sic our congressmen on the embassy. Thank you!