Well That Was Easy
The most remarkable thing happened today. I woke up this morning knowing that I needed to talk with someone in the nursing administration office regarding a form I needed so that I could get my Work Authorization, my “official” paperwork. I walked down to the hospital, got my form, then made my way down to the immigration office. It was there where the amazing happened. I was actually getting something accomplished at the immigration office. Yes, I FINALLY have my Work Authorization. I can now stay here for up to two years if I so choose.
More important than that, I had Jenniffer meet me at the immigration office. Once there, SHE was able to get her passport stamped. Now that I am finally official, she now has her dependent’s visa. She is no longer a visitor. She is actually here. She can stay. I like this idea, it’s something I can get behind. No longer will she have to leave for a bit at the end of April, the time when her visitor status was to expire, though thanks to everyone who offered to put her up at that time.
The last thing I need to say is that I’m sorry there was no play-by-play from St. Patrick’s Day. I’ve heard from more than one person that I was in trouble for not commenting on the occasion. I will say this, we had a good time. We did not, however, see any green beer in any of the places we visited that night. Oh well. . .
As I type: Watching “Slap Shot” on TCM. God love the Hanson brothers.
Comments
At the risk of being political, I think there is a distinct irony in how easy things were for you this morning in light of the debates over immigration in the United States.
Posted by: Jeffrey Utech | March 28, 2006 05:25 PM
Wohoo! I think you should still leave the country at the end of April to celebrate! The Canary Islands are very nice that time of year. :)
Posted by: Sara | March 28, 2006 09:56 PM
Woo hoo! Congrats on your newfound status in life.
Posted by: Jeff Smith | March 29, 2006 04:03 PM
With regards to Jeff's immigration comments, there have been many ironies. Yesterday, while at work, I caught a bit of a discussion on the radio talking about the situation in the U.S. and how it would affect the thousands of illegal Irish in the States. One of the people mentioned how it was really quite easy to immigrate to the U.S. as compared to the process in Ireland and most other European countries. Upon hearing that, I had to laugh, thinking to myself, "no, really, it's difficult to emigrate from other countries to Ireland?" Of course this was just a few days after we got our stamps, so it doesn't matter. They can't kick us out now!
Posted by: Brandon | March 30, 2006 05:25 PM
Yes, God bless the Hanson Brothers.
Posted by: Neal and Courtney | April 4, 2006 03:34 AM