How the INS is driving me nuts…
To all those who have not experienced how the INS would like to torture you, I guess this may be something of interest to you… to those who’d like to know whatever it is that I’m so busy with, I guess you can read this… either way, I don’t care. I just need to vent.
So finally, after years of convincing from my parents, Ive decided to become a citizen of the united states… for what reasons? Well Im not one to involve myself in politics. Ive always been passive about political matters anyways. The only time ive felt strongly about politics is when I get drunk. Then again, that’s one of the worst topics of conversation when intoxicated, next to that would be religion… so voting, nyaaaaaaa… I don’t care so much about it. Call me apathetic, whatever, it’s your opinion.
I know, I’m straying from my point. Ok ok, so why then? Basically I figured, I’ve been paying way too much in taxes working here, slaving away to corporate America, I might as well take back what the government owes me… I deserve it. I think all of us share the same sentiment… secondly, I plan to use my right to file for K-1… why because I want to… why? Because I know that perhaps, this is the only way for me to be happy… otherwise of course, there’s plan b… but that remains to be seen… for those who don’t understand why, or don’t know what for then stop reading this, it’s a waste of your time. I’m probably not going to make sense from this point forward
So here’s where it gets more cumbersome… I plan a trip to go to manila, thinking that the INS will take their time in processing my papers. Then all of a sudden I get this letter stating that I’m scheduled to go get my fingerprints taken while I’m supposed to be in the Philippines. I wait almost an hour just to make sure they know that I’m out of the country and that I need to reschedule. So I do it. I get my new date… go there, and have the prints taken. This was more a month ago… I figured, well if it took them that fast to give me a schedule for fingerprinting, it should take them just about as much time as before to schedule me for an interview. Shouldn’t be that hard right? NOT!!! I
Interviews… I dread them! Ever since I filed for my citizenship the thought of having to face someone where your life is pretty much an open book, have them look at you from head to toe and ask you questions about history of the united states just scares me to death. Mind you, this time, a short skirt, sweet smile and carrot cakes just wont pull the trick for me. Id have to bear with my nerves trembling inside of me, control the urge to just throw up in front of the consul, and fainting from not being able to sleep days before the interview. Ive dreaded for this day to come but then again, the wait is just killing me! Ive been studying since day one. A month later I gave up on it. i think 97 out of a hundred questions is good enough. Then again, what are the chances that they ask me the only 3 questions that I don’t know the answers to? Ackkkkkk…
Its been more than a month now since they’ve taken my prints… I was told by a couple of friends that the schedule takes about three weeks. How hard is it to figure out when you want to torture someone else???? The waiting game is driving me nuts!!!!! Damned if you do, damned if you don’t… ayah!!! Tired I’m so tired, I just want this to be over… after this whole citizenship thing is over, K-1 is just a couple of paperwork away, then the torture… that vicious cycle of waiting and waiting starts all over again… aaaaaaaakkkkkkkkkk… if my timeline just gets followed, all this should be over and done with by June 2006 at the very latest. Then I can breathe, by then everything will fall into place. By then I know I will be happy…
So why is this process so painstaking? Because this is my future, this has turned to be my dream, my goal, and my road to achieve happiness…
Okay I’m done venting… sorry you had to read this.