Silly Man
Volunteer moderator
I thought this was funny. HEHEHEHE 
Margie: So you are happy here in the U.S.?
Linus: We are happier now. My wife is very happy here too, though she was not at first. She has a much closer-knit family, so our telephone bills used to be totally horrendous. We like the area. I like it from a purely technical standpoint, as well as the weather and things like that. And my wife has just grown to like the area. So we'll see. We are definitely staying here for a few more years, unless the INS puts us out.
Margie: Well, I doubt that!
Linus: Well, I don't know.
Margie: As long as you are gainfully employed, I thought they left you alone.
Linus: They do have certain rules, like for example, the visa we have is for three years and we can renew it once. In the meantime, we are trying to get a green card, and we are supposed to be real close now, but ``real close now'' to the INS might mean a week or four years.
This area is the worst in the entire U.S. The INS is just completely backlogged. They've had cases where they just lost files, and because they lost them, people who have been waiting for a year or two find themselves starting over with the INS saying, ``I don't actually know about you.''
WAKE UP AMERICA. FIX THE INS.
Margie: So you are happy here in the U.S.?
Linus: We are happier now. My wife is very happy here too, though she was not at first. She has a much closer-knit family, so our telephone bills used to be totally horrendous. We like the area. I like it from a purely technical standpoint, as well as the weather and things like that. And my wife has just grown to like the area. So we'll see. We are definitely staying here for a few more years, unless the INS puts us out.
Margie: Well, I doubt that!
Linus: Well, I don't know.
Margie: As long as you are gainfully employed, I thought they left you alone.
Linus: They do have certain rules, like for example, the visa we have is for three years and we can renew it once. In the meantime, we are trying to get a green card, and we are supposed to be real close now, but ``real close now'' to the INS might mean a week or four years.
This area is the worst in the entire U.S. The INS is just completely backlogged. They've had cases where they just lost files, and because they lost them, people who have been waiting for a year or two find themselves starting over with the INS saying, ``I don't actually know about you.''
WAKE UP AMERICA. FIX THE INS.