Stage 1: Check

After months of waiting, a few panic attacks, and a couple DDOS attacks on the USCIS website as we checked on our case status, finally the email we had been waiting for cameā€”our case was approved.

I called Pia in the middle of the night with the good news. Three in the morning, I think. Still asleep, Pia didn’t quite comprehend the words that I was saying.

“What? What’s happening?”

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