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Gliderman8
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I won't ask why you have rubber gloves on :rolleye:
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"I am the doctor... let me touch you here and there."
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For a less onerous listen, I can be persuaded. But it's only Tuesday. :smirk:
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For a less onerous listen, I can be persuaded. But it's only Tuesday. :smirk:
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Thanks Mickey, forgot that one.
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Back when we moved to the USA I came with an R1 (religious workers work permit) - took me 20 minutes and $20 at the border. (with substantial documentation) the rest of the family came with R2 permits. Shortly after we arrived SWMBO got a job that required her to change R2 to R1 - went to the immigration office (Orlando) waited in line, got to the information desk only to find we could do it for $170 dollars (plus same for Son who hadn't got his R2 when he crossed the border - don't ask) and 6 months to process, OR they could leave the country - re-enter 20 minutes and $20 at the border easy peasy.
Guess whihc we chose?
Well, Southwest was having a 2 for 1 sale so, SWMBO & son flew to Buffalo, rented a car, left the USA turned around and re-entered, got their permits for less money (including flight and rental) than the other option AND in less time than it took us to get to the information desk in the first place - from when I dropped her at the Orlando airport!
And yes, Canadian bureaucracy is just as bad.
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My wife just updated her green card ("resident alien" registration) and I think it cost $400, or was it $600! And quite by coincidence, she's finally going to get her US citizenship (but that won't happen in time for the alien registration expiration). She's a "British subject."
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My daughter-in-law is from the UK and it took around a year for her papers to come through. I love to listen to her talk, she hasn't lost any of her British accent! :highly_amused:
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That would be the folks in Tennessee and surrounding states.
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Now that was a whole other issue - we moved January 2002 - Post 9/11 the entire waiting time doubled! Got our green cards one month before we moved back in 2006 - and after we surrendered them - 6 years for it to be processed so that we didn't get asked every time we crossed the border. In the words of the Border Guard "Looks like they walked your Green Cards to Nebraska to be processed." :grin:
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