Dear Harkey Thankyou for the information.The address seems reliable ( if no one intentionally decieve----MY lab's adress). The embassy has recieved the application ( That information was provided by the post office upon my inquiry). The matter is that the embassey has not yet said that it has recieved the application or assigned a case file nmber. If it takes 9 months then ok ......otherwise it has been 5 months and ......