I’ve already wrote a bit on my experiences with US immigration and visas. But, since I have two friends going through the permanent residency process, I figured there would be some other people out there that might find this information useful. Some notes to start us out: – I didn’t use a lawyer. Some people …
Category Archives: My US experience
INS adventures and bile.
Back in June, Anna and I went to the main San Diego INS/USCIS office in Chula Vista to be interviewed for my residency application. We weren’t sure what to expect. Would they separate us and interrogate to expose our choice of toothpaste? Well, no. Nothing like any sort of movie description happened. But, it was …
Security on a whim
(I’m back in town and my skin is slowly hydrating. I always forget how dry Calgary & BC can be) First, a little background as to why I was talking to homeland security in Canada – Calgary has a full service (as far as I can tell) US customs and immigration office in the airport. …
INS fun, petty bitching
I get digitally fingerprinted at the “Application Support Center” today as part of the change of status paperwork. Seventy five bucks. Someone has to be making money off this. Bit strange really. I mean, they have my photograph and fingerprint from the last 3 years of TN-1 visas, as well as when I came back …
INS pain
The INS, sorry, USCIS, accepted our paperwork and our money. So I guess that’s a good thing. I have a fancy employment card, a travel document on the way (4-6 weeks), digital fingerprinting at the end of the month, and an interview in 6-8 months (though if I was a betting man I would say …