The persistence has finally paid off. Progress from last time: Politeness and perseverance were the key. For completeness, here is the lovely screenshot: Next step is to pursue my stagnated Social Security Number application.
Social Security, Nearly
We have some progress! A few days ago, I wrote back to the immigration people asking what had happened to my case. My previous theory that observer effect could be acting on the process may be true after all. A…
Social Security, Maybe Part 2
Today, I mustered up the courage to look at my status on the USCIS (immigration) site. I was pleasantly surprised at the case status moving from ACCEPTED to OPTIMIZED. Another part of the status had been set to Pending for…
Day 1: Minnesota
We have finally started traveling! This has been a mixed bag so far. It is good to finally be on the road, but we had to start off attempting to deal with Chris’s on going social security issue. We had…
Social Security, Maybe.
Obtaining your SSN is a one-time event: you can’t get good at it. It has been awkward to not have one because you are asked for it whenever you do something financially significant. In the last video, we failed completely. Several…
I Promise to Drive Carefully, Ma’am
Chris still has no SSN, so one of our main concerns with getting on the road was not being able to get car insurance. We were very pleasantly surprised to find out we were wrong. Everything we’d googled about it…
Social Security, No.
A Social Security Number is required for work. It’s also required for many other reasons: getting a U.S drivers licence, bank account and, I suspect, lots of other things. It’s like the U.K National Insurance number but it’s used as…
The Great Banking Mystery (Plus a video about Pudding)
We started out the day with some fairly good news. Chris finally doesn’t have to go to the dentist tomorrow and the weather is absolutely perfect: 70F/21C and not a cloud in the sky. It devolved fairly quickly though with…
Dry Socket, Sunshine and Amazon
In the last few days, we’ve had a mixed bag of experiences. We’ll start with the less positive. Despite his best efforts, Chris has dry socket, but even managing to surprise the dentist, he just has a bit. I…