We Got It! September 8, 2008
Last Thursday, September 4th, we got the approval for my Green Card! After months of preparation - filling in forms, submitting documents, gathering information on basically your entire life, printing photos of your lives together, etc - we finally received the invitation to our interview a couple of weeks ago.
The rest was supposedly formality since, let’s be real, I totally deserved to receive the status of a permanent resident in the United States. Nonetheless, we were a bit nervous. Especially, after we’ve heard and read all these horror stories about “mean” interrogations.
But, again, our marriage, as you all know, is happy, solid and FOREVER! So, we’ve had nothing to fear.
Our officer was really nice. We’ve had to swear to tell nothing but the truth and after about 10 minutes (!), he said the magic words:”You are approved, your Green Card will be sent to you in between 4-6 weeks!”.
A special thanks to our friends Patricia “Mary” and Dave Solis who have been such an amazing support all along the process! No matter what time of day, they were available to answer our questions, pray for us, prepare the documentation with us and encouraged us. Muchas gracias y besos!
In 2 years, we’ll have to go through a similar process again to prove that we are still married. After that, I can finally apply for the U.S. citizenship. :-)
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