An Afternoon at the Embassy
by tdaxp ~ June 30th, 2009
Fei and I spent the afternoon at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, attempting to resolve the green card snafu. We got close to a same-day resolution several times, but after each our hopes were dashed. As the day got later the staff got friendlier (the crowds mostly dispersed), and near the end we were able to talk to a supervising officer briefly in person.
Then there’s the whole hassle of United Airlines, an airline company that seems like the very worst in the world — except for all others. Besides a catch-22 we found in the process (copy of airline tickets is supposedly needed to get a waiver form; we need to know when we will have to waiver form to buy tickets), UAL also claims to have no flights out of Beijing before July 5th. Or, rather, every flight is overbooked, and there is no standbye.
So I’ll miss my mom’s birthday. Not to mention our little fuwa back home.
However, I need to say a word to correct some concerned tdaxp groupies on facebook — and if you didn’t know there were tdaxp groupies on facebook, then you’ve been hanging out with the wrong friends — who thought the problem was that China wasn’t letting Lady of tdaxp go out. The problem isn’t the Chinese government, it is correcting an error on Fei’s greencard that is preventing her from returning to the country. Indeed, because China granted me an extended stay visa earlier this year, at least my wife and I do not need to be separated.
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June 30th, 2009 at 5:47 am
I am grateful to hear it should turn out well by later in the week.
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July 9th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Eddie,
Thanks! We fly away in a couple of hours — I will have a post when and if (1) we land in San Francisco, (b) customers & border protection lets us through, and (c) we have wifi!
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