Posts Tagged emigrating

Here and now

Posted by Rockjaw in Personal, Too Much Information on May 19th, 2009

Three months and one day ago, some woman I’d known for about six minutes got me to strip off.

“Erm, underwear as well?”

“No. You can keep those on.”

“But I was told there would be a genital inspection!” I almost shouted.

This is just one of the setbacks I’ve endured while attempting to secure a US immigration visa.

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Serenity now…

Posted by Rockjaw in Personal, Too Much Information on April 21st, 2009

Heck of a day, at least inside my skull. Small, not that significant concerns suddenly exploded into massive, panic-inducing nightmares as they’re connected to my immediate emigrating future. Resolved, now – but still, it’s the kind of thing that leads podcast co-hosts to mutter “I am never, ever leaving this country.”

Yeah, why am I doing that, anyway?

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Holy crap! I’m going to live in the USA!

Posted by Rockjaw in Personal, Weird self portraits on April 12th, 2009

Holy crap!
Sorry. It just sort of comes in waves.

Of surprise.

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Clues – revealed!

Posted by Rockjaw in Personal, Teaser, Too Much Information on April 7th, 2009

By sheer coincidence, this is my 250th published post. A nice bit of serendipity, because I have something good to say – well actually, a few things.

They’re not all connected, so sorry, the clues don’t add up to one big giant reveal! Here are the details though, by the clue:

“Stand by for action!”

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My life’s about to get a lot more crazy.

You probably don’t realise, but 2009 has been pretty sedate for me – which isn’t really my preferred mode of operation. I like to be busy, I like to be challenged, and while I have had stuff to do, I haven’t been rushed off my feet. Why? Well….

In November last year I visited the USA to interview for a job in an MMOG company based in California; those of you with good memories might remember that I told you I got the job. There was only one small detail; I had to get a visa, so that I could emigrate and legally accept the position. (Right now, I’m still a remote contractor and not employed full-time.)

With my wife being American, in theory, this was supposed to be an easy process. In reality, it took the best part of six months… and it’s not over yet. However, three weeks from today, I’ll be having my final visa interview, and not long after, I should be granted the visa itself. (Fingers very much crossed, although by this stage, we should be golden.)

Not long after that, I’ll be jetting Stateside to join colleagues and prepare for E3.

After that, in early June, I’ll be returning to the UK to wrap things up so we can ‘properly’ move, hopefully in time for a good ol’ July 4th barbecue.

So yeah: compared to my current routine of “sit around working remotely, occasionally going to the coffee shop and updating Twitter”, things are about to get a lot more mad. Which frankly, is awesome.

Hence: stand by for action.

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