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Yesterday i had a letter in my mailbox that i have received a registered letter from Bern and i have to pick it up at the post office. I thought that it was either my new passport (which would be a bit early) or something about my taxes.

But it looks like i did my taxes correctly - when i went to the post office this morning, i received my new passport.

So it looks like i have everything together for my trip to Redmond. I’ve also received lots of paperwork from Microsoft, which i signed and sent back. I don’t have much clue about German legalese, and i have much less clue about English legalese. So i just hope i didn’t sell something important.

So i’ve finally received a pile of legal paperwork from Microsoft, plus everything about expenses.

I’m now trying to plan a trip to Redmond, but it seems difficult within the allocated expense budget.

I don’t have a lot of experience planning international trips, but so far it is looking nicely. And yes, i have to sign an NDA, which means i won’t be able to blog a lot about this, which is sad but understandable.

I’ve also submitted all my biometric identification, so i should have a nice biometric passport by next thursday. Which is also cool

But hey, i’m really looking forward to this!

No, i don’t. Or rather, i did but now i don’t.

My passport expired quietly two years ago, and i didn’t care because i was only working in EU countries, where my national ID card is enough.

But now i’m planning a trip to Redmond (Microsoft confirmed my attendance), and i need a suitable passport to travel to the USA. This isn’t as easy at it seems.

The time limit is a given, and i can’t order an “old style” passport without biometric data on it. Biometric passports however take a lot longer to get than normal passports. There is a program for “emergency passports”, but these are not biometric, and thus not suitable for travel to the USA.

I spoke with the Gemeindeamt Horgen, and apparently it should be possible to get this done quick enough. The biometric passport costs 255 CHF total.

On Thursday i can go to the passport bureau and get my fingerprints and mugshot taken. Or something like that.

A few hours ago i received a mail from a Microsoft representative.

Microsoft will be conducting a three day focus group meeting from February 27, 2008 through February 29, 2008 to establish a fair passing score and identify the most relevant content for the LIVE exams:

[ Edited for NDA purposes ]

I am contacting you because you performed well on the betas for these exams.

If you choose to participate, you will be providing a key role in determining the final live exam content in addition to “setting the bar” that determines the standard required to gain certification for these exams.

I am inquiring as to your interest and availability for these sessions.

Well, urm, i was pretty shocked when i read this and at first thought that this was a scam. Thanks to the friendly help of Helmer i was advised that this is, in fact, the real deal.

Okay, so first things first: It looks like i passed both 70-646 and 70-647, which i didn’t really expect.

Microsoft is offering me a three day stay in Redmond, all expenses paid. I just hope i get my passport and visa covered until then. Looks like this is really going to get interesting!

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