It is official. Effective September 1, I will be assigned to work in my employers Chennai India office.  I just mailed off the acceptance letter and my 10 year business visa application.  The length of assignment is 3 years.  My family will be going with me.

We are also planning a trip to India later this month to look for a house and get the kids registered for school.  August is going to be a very busy month, but I intend to post regularly on this blog.

The first step is getting my business visa.  This is the third Indian visa application I have submitted in the past 3 years.  I am trying to remember what I was thinking on the second when I applied for a 10 year tourist visa instead of a business visa.  

Second step is getting the passports for the kids.   We did expedited processing, but there is a huge backlog in the US for passports.  If they don’t arrive in the next couple of days then the house hunting trip will be cancelled.  We may drive up to San Francisco early next week to get the visas for them and Amy in person. That is the only way to get same day processing.

A lot has to happen in a very short amount of time.