After many fitful nights of nightmaring about forms and policies and the American Immigration system, Chris and I officially mailed off his Green Card application. Let me just say that I can not take credit for much of this amazing feat. Chris toiled away for days and days over this application, and even walked about 7 miles in temperatures that hovered near 0 degrees in order to attend various medical appointments, all for the chance of being granted the privilege of staying here, with me, in America. I say to you all: THAT is love. Any guy can buy a dozen roses. It takes real love to fill out the I-485.
Want to know something interesting? I had to sign a form that says I promise to support Chris at a rate of 125% of the poverty level. If I fail to do this at any time, Chris can sue me! I told him, "Sure, you can sue me...if you can pay for the lawyer!" and then we had a chuckle about that. Then, he looked up the definition of the 'poverty level' and discovered that, with my current income, I could actually be supporting 5 immigrants. So...if you know anyone who wants to cram into this tiny apartment with us, I'm putting my support up for grab.
In all seriousness, as sort of long and laborious as this process may have felt for the past 3 or 4 weeks, I have really thanked my lucky stars that Chris and I are native English speakers, and that we have enough money to do this and still afford to eat and pay rent. We have also had the good fortune of having a very patient, nice couple who have gone through this exact process to give us advice. We are very lucky to have had the chance to do this. Now, the wait begins!
Hope you're all doing well and staying warm!
xo
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