This summer has been, what I think is possibly the most exciting summer of my life so far. So many things have happened. First off, I left Sweden on the 4th of June. I went back to my home in Ohio, and visited my family and friends there. After about 3 weeks, I decided that it was best that I go to see my dad, since I had applied for residency, and at that point I did not know how long until the decision would be made.
On the day that I left to go see my dad and his family, I got the email telling me to schedule my interview with the nearest consulate. Had I stayed in Ohio I would have had to do my interview either in Cleveland, which is about a 4 hr drive, or in Washington DC, which is way too far to drive, I would have had to fly. I actually was able to do my interview in San Diego. I called the consulate to schedule the interview, and managed to miss the person that I needed to speak with. I emailed her from the airport though, and got a response back in two days. I flew in on a Monday, and managed to have my interview that first friday.
After a tough time getting to the consulate, because the building numbers were covered up, I had my interview. It was nothing too tough. At the end of it, I asked how long she thought it would be until I would receive an answer, her response was not too surprising. She replied that she did not know, but that she would guess that it would be the middle of September, before I heard anything.
Needless to say that after a response like that, when I got an email from the migration board with my decision 4 days after my interview I was VERY surprised. I knew that the migration board here in Sweden (the one who made the decision) did not even get the information from my interview until Monday, because by the time that we had the interview on Friday in California, the offices here in Sweden were closed for the weekend. I had been told in my interview that I needed to get back to Sweden within a month of getting the decision so that I could do my biometrics (my fingerprints-picture). I booked my ticket the next week, and was on my way back the second of August.
I suppose that was the quick overview of what happened this summer. I did a lot of fun things, and made some new friends along the way, but I wanted to be quick about this blog, so that I can get to another one of all the fun things that have happened since I have been back here in Sweden. I hope that you will keep reading, because I know that I plan on keeping up blogging, since I really enjoyed it during my trip here before. Now you will get to see into the daily life of an immigrant to Sweden. I hope to have another blog up by the end of this week with pictures of me, and some of the things that I have been up to!
Needless to say that after a response like that, when I got an email from the migration board with my decision 4 days after my interview I was VERY surprised. I knew that the migration board here in Sweden (the one who made the decision) did not even get the information from my interview until Monday, because by the time that we had the interview on Friday in California, the offices here in Sweden were closed for the weekend. I had been told in my interview that I needed to get back to Sweden within a month of getting the decision so that I could do my biometrics (my fingerprints-picture). I booked my ticket the next week, and was on my way back the second of August.
I suppose that was the quick overview of what happened this summer. I did a lot of fun things, and made some new friends along the way, but I wanted to be quick about this blog, so that I can get to another one of all the fun things that have happened since I have been back here in Sweden. I hope that you will keep reading, because I know that I plan on keeping up blogging, since I really enjoyed it during my trip here before. Now you will get to see into the daily life of an immigrant to Sweden. I hope to have another blog up by the end of this week with pictures of me, and some of the things that I have been up to!
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