All's Well That Ends Well

Angelika And, on July 8th, the moment had finally arrived: Lost in thought, I opened our mailbox and two letters from the immigration office greeted me. I already suspected it: The arduous journey of the Green Card process had finally come to an end. And indeed, I opened the envelope and found our brand-new Green Card plastic cards. Hooray! By the way, they are sent via regular mail and not by registered mail.

Hard to believe that we already started the formalities for the Green Card application in July 1999! The process was finally completed in July 2002. Currently, you have to expect it to take three years, which is quite average. However, there is a fear that wait times will be increasing again, because the files are piling up at the immigration office due to the tightened security measures after September 11th. In any case, we are very relieved that the paperwork madness is now over and we can hang around in California a bit, freely and casually. Stay tuned!

Michael und Angelika