May 7, 2009 Back on US Soil!

So today was a pretty mellow day, but we were back on US soil for about an hour. We had to go to the US Consulate. We had to get some documents that needed the Consular embossing on them. These documents were the final step before our Visa meeting at the IND (immigration)next week. Basically we swore that neither of us are married under oath. The reason for this is it indicates that really neither of us are married to other people, and as such Saviya can come to the Netherlands on my Visas as my partner. The Dutch recognize lots of different types of partnerships, and being in a committed relationship comes with the same legal rights as a marriage. Its just a legal hurdle to discourage fruad. Tomorrow we head to the Hague to get the Dutch version of the same notary endorsement. So May 15 I get my work visa, residence visa, and my BSN number which is like a SSN in the US. So for a short while we stood on US property in the middle of Amsterdam in the Museumplein...Travel home to the Netherlands was pretty quick...-Colin