Just a note to show we are still alive

As anyone who goes through it knows the immigration process is nothing if not SLLLOOOOWWWW. The goal of this blog has been to document our experiences as we encounter them. We have been enjoying our current period of almost no paperwork while anticipating the next big step. Removing the temporary status from Suzie's Permanent Resident card.

Just wanted to let anyone following us through the process know that this blog has not been forgotten and will pick back up in a couple of months as we get closer to the time we have to sumbit our next round of paper work. In the meantime happy New Year to everyone, I hope 2008 is a good year for you. Short of going down the road to citizenship this year should mark the completion of Suzie's process of immigration paper work.

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Carole Chelsea George said…
I love your blog. I've been keeping a blog as well, but not as clearly explaining the whole K-1 experience. Glad to see you and Suzie are still alive.

My Haitian husband arrived in the US on May 24, 2008. WE got married within the 90 days, on August 12, sent in the whole I-485 packet on August 13 (the marriage certificate is not certified, just the souvenir copy they gave us at the courthouse, so that might be another problem).

Now we're on our honeymoon and worried that he won't be able to get on the plane Sept. 3 to fly back to California from NY because his K-1 visa will be expired. But I spoke to my congressman's office this morning and we're waiting to see what they can do for us.

our blog is
http://mi-vida-sigue.blogspot.com

Thanks for your blog,
Chelsea & Andre
8/21/2008 7:16 AM
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