Visa drama

Assalam `alaykum!
So I'm asking everyone to please pray for me and the other students attending the Rihla insha'Allah. Turns out that the organizers are having some drama with Saudi in terms of obtaining visas for women who will be traveling without mahrams. This was supposed to be waived since we're going in such a big group, and we also had a mahram sign a letter for us stating we can go, but apparently it's taking awhile longer than anticipated. If this isn't resolved within the next day, we may just be getting our passports, visas, AND plane ticket to Saudi when we arrive in New York! Isn't that crazy? SubhanAllah, talk about DST (Desi Standard Time)! So please pray that Allah facilitates this process for us otherwise I think we will be stuck in New York waiting or not being able to go!!!
Alhamdulillah though... just a test of our patience...