I guess it's no news here that we are receiving an assignment change from headquarters and moving up north. But this week I received our passports back and mine is officially stamped with an immigrant visa. We have until August 3rd (or 3rd of August...got to start getting used to using the day before the month) until it expires.We officially announced to all of our friends, extended family, and vague acquaintances that we are moving. Most responded with joy and well wishes. Others with shock and disbelief, as if leaving Abilene is unfathomable.
The little known miracle here, and thus testimony to the masses, is how fast this happened. "This" being my immigration process.
We mailed all of our applications, photos, FBI records, and photo copies of our anal cavities to Ontario on 25 August 2009. My visa is stamped 17 November.
That's less than three months. This process was supposed to take around twelve months, possibly longer.
The doors in our desert period have been closing for the past year or so. And thus the doors in our new calling are wide open.
