every visa renewal is a time of extreme anxiety and stress for me. every time they ask for something new or find something wrong in the contract, or some regulation changed. you have to deal with staff who are sometimes unfriendly or impatient, and god forbid you miss a deadline or apply to early. it never feels like routine. my renewal times always seem to fall into the summer months when the kids have school holidays. at least once or twice our holiday travel plans were thwarted because of that.