Thursday, May 13, 2010. This morning, we drove to a town about 40km away to start the process of getting the amended birth certificates. We dropped off what we had, then to a town closer to Severodonetsk to get some documents sewn together (yes, they actually hand sew and seal documents to prevent alteration). After that, we went back to Severodonetsk for lunch and a short break before having to drive back the 40km to pick up the new birth certificates.
After that, we drove to Lysichansk to get the girls new tax ID numbers with their new names (kind of like a social security number here). By that time, it was quite late, but we decided to try and make it to a notary to get some documents taken care of, since we would need them in order to get the passports.
It was a good thing that we did this! We found out when we got there that all notaries are closed tomorrow for a conference in Lugansk. If we don’t get things done right away, we have to wait until Monday, which delays us 4 days! As it turns out, the notary was actually closed. Nataliya had to work her magic and beg for him to re-open and get our documents taken care of. He finally agreed, but we had to go and pick up his secretary from her home since she was already gone for the day. Once things were rolling, we had to get an official translator to come and translate the documents for us (as our representative, Nataliya can not officially do this since it is a conflict of interest). It was an orthodox holiday apparently, because the translator showed up a wee bit tipsy and told us that she was in the middle of a celebration dinner. In the end, we got the documents notarized and all set to leave first thing in the morning to get the new passports.
We had a late dinner at the Golden Palace with Larisa, her husband “G”, her son Sascha, daughter Alyona, and Nataliya. We had a great time, and it was a nice send-off.
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