It's Visa time!

Hello all!!! It's official, I have just sent in my visa application... to the tune of $73 plus the required overnight FEDEX to AND from the place! Boo! My fingers are crossed and I am going to be buying my plane ticket when I get the Visa back. The team leader told us "make sure that you don't tell them that you are going with Habitat... just put that you are there on a tourist visa because otherwise it will take months to get it approved" but then he had us use Habitat India as our reference in the country!! To this he replied "I know, it's ridiculous but this is India... trust me, we do this all the time." How can a country that is so lax require me to send in copies of my birth certificate, a recent utility bill and entrust them with my passport?!?!? Keeping my fingers crossed!!!!: :)