Updated K3 timeline: I-130 sent off: 31 May I-130 receipt received: 8 June I-129F sent off: 9 June I-129F approved: 8 July Wanderer contacted by US Embassy in Dublin: 5 August Medical exam scheduled for: 12 September Results from exam received: 14 September Appointment with US Embassy Dublin made for: 16 September Wanderer arrives in [...]
The story of the Wanderer’s visa interview is worth telling, but is still pending. Suffice it to say that once the appointment with the embassy was made, everything started working very quickly. Now we wait for the work permit.
The US Government, in their finite wisdom, will not let me enter the country without each of the following vaccinations: Mumps Measles Rubella Polio Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids Pertussis Influenza Type B (HIB) Hepatitis B Varicella Pneumococcal Influenza Well, most of those vaccinations are given to me a very young age, and the most of [...]
The Wanderer has received the last required vaccination for entry into the United States. He has an appointment with the embassy-approved doctor for Monday. He will be, upon entry into this country, certified healthier and more resistant to disease than a significant portion of the native population. Our documents have been recompiled, sent FedEx, and [...]
Only once before have I been in a situation so deeply, comically bad that I laughed. This morning, upon receiving news of the packet of expensive and original documents I’d sent three weeks ago, I had my second moment of laughter in the face of disaster.