One picture is worth a thousand words - Chinese proverb
After 4 years and 9 months, Adrian & I are officially Permanent Residents of the United States. This is our most coveted Green Card. Although it is no longer green in color, the term has become colloquial. In fact it has changed colors several times; green, light pink and now white.
The road to March 20, 2007 hasn't been easy. There has been times whereby our patience were severely tested when Adrian's Labor Certification (LC) was stuck for a couple of years due to the back-log in the Department of Labor's processing centers.
However, once the LC stage was over, it took less than 6 months for everything to be approved and mailed to us. Although we faced a bumpy ride in the beginning, it all balanced out in the end.
A cauldron of thanks to our dear friend, Liz V. for all her professional help and invaluable advice. To John & Edie S. for your constant support and concern. To Brian O. from our local Congressman's office for his perseverance and genuine effort in assisting our cause. And, finally but not least, to the Infinite One for giving us the strength and patience to pull through.
4 comments:
Congrats! Every immigrant has a story behind their green card. Mine took a while, involving a manager who has no balls to ask the division ofice for application/funding. Eventually I hired my own lawyer and got it done. Way easier, even thought Halliburton is a big company with thei own immigration lawyer.
Once again, congratulations to the both of you!
cooknengr: thank you, thank you! yup, sometimes with "big company" the least help you get from them :(. our agent, liz is the best. thank God for her. perhaps one day when we finally go to California, we can trade stories. hahaha!
millyvanilly: thanks dear! i hope yours will also come thru next year. aussie, aussie, oi, oi, oi!
Congrats! I think my green card had more green color on it than yours - there definitely was no pink in mine! Although, when it was pick-pocketed when I was back in Kuching in 1984, it sure was no fun at the US Embassy in KL, waiting to get a replacement. I can't believe that it has been almost 20 years since I gave my green card up to be a US citizen!! Time flies when you're having fun in this great country!
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