Oh dear, this really has been neglected recently hasn’t it? I seem to be writing things in my head when I’m in bed but by the time I wake up I’ve completely forgotten to come to the site and write it all up. Maybe I should leave the laptop running next to the bed so that I can get my thoughts down while they are fresh.

Today’s big excitement was a visit to the USCIS (immigration) offices in Riverside for them to gather biometric data. It was a pleasant surprise to see hardly anyone waiting there when I arrived and if it hadn’t been for the immigration services screwing up my alien number on one of the forms I’d have had my finger prints done and photo taken in no time. They sorted it reasonably quickly and told me that I don’t have to come back again on Tuesday morning to do the same thing again as I was previously informed on one of their letters.

Next is the wait for the interview date, which could be anything from a month to, well anywhere really. Average seems to be 3 months from the application date, which was a month ago already! I’ll be legal before you know it.