It is now official!
We just got our L1/L2 visas approved last Friday. We can now openly tell our friends (and relatives) that The Garcia Trio will be temporarily relocating to the Sunny State of CA for the next 18 months. Thanks to our generous benefactor, my beloved company, the best employer in the world!
It has been my long-time dream to hit the hay and just be an expat’s wife. Imagine traveling the world for free. It had never occurred to me that I will be realizing that dream not for myself but for my husband. I guess God is telling me Riki had been a very good provider the past years he deserves a break (or is it a bigger, global reach for his entrepreneur gigs?).
It was Riki’s first time to be interviewed by a US Consul. On the way to the Embassy that morning, we went through all the possible questions he might be asked during the interview, even rehearsing how he will construct and deliver his answers. During the ACTUAL interview, the Consul just had ONE question for him, whether he had been to the US already in the past. He simply answered “No.” And that’s it. Haha! Talk about over-preparation.
Evan, on the other hand, just treated it as another (early) day away from his crib, playing with the other applicant toddlers at the compound while waiting for our go at the queue. And when it was our turn to be interviewed, then he decided it was high time to poo (in his nappy)! Thank God there is a thick glass window between us and the interviewer Consul. Well, if you gotta poo, you gotta poo right? Talk about making a statement in his own small way.
So now till the end of this month, we will be busy packing our bags (and boxes) as we start a new adventure beginning March.
6 comments:
Congratulations!!! L1 & L2 that's awesome, not so common yung visa na yun for pinoys sabi ni Kirby mostly H1B lang daw binibigay, galeng ah!!! We're so happy for you, finally magkikita na tayo. Punta kayo dito sa NY sa bday ni Matt ha sa May, pupunta rin sila Amboy , maybe we can have a group weekend getaway db. I can finally see Evan-Bangas at Big Pooper boy, that's soooo funny ;o) Have a safe trip, ingat!
hi lyna! yes we will definitely not miss it. we are all excited to see you, kirby and matt too (and NY as well! hehe!). take care!
congrats mare! you are so close to your new and exciting adventure! although sad ako coz that means another year and a half (or possibly longer) of not being able to see you.
wishing you all the best--and hope pareng Riki enjoys his time off :) sana maging slang din ang inaanak ko.
you deserve all of these and more...take care!
congrats, emi! made to move nga. =)
Hello Emi, Riki, Evan! im so out of the loop. i hope im not the last person to know. am i?
anyway, CONGRATULATIONS! im excited for all of you. we are back here in the south...Georgia. we are moving to Virginia, closer to home hopefully this june. we loved to see you come and visit us or us visit you. maybe you could come see Washungton DC, and stay with us in MD around june or july.
sabi ni Jane...hinde ka raw nakapunta ng states unless you visit DC???...heheheh thats from Jane.so come and see it.
When is the departure date?
have a safe trip!
Aww, how sad! Paano na tayo mag-a-eyeball nyan? Sigh. But I am happy and excited for you. Good luck!
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