I got my new passport delivered to my door, today, a full week earlier than I was expecting it. Since 2001, embassies outside the U.S. cannot issue permanent passports and must forward applications back to the States for processing.
When I applied at the U.S. embassy here (giving them the emergency passport issued at the AIT in Taipei), they told me it would take around two weeks. That was last Tuesday. This morning, I get a phone call from the delivery service confirming I was home and able to pay the delivery fee and sign for it.
Yay! I am no longer “undocumented.” Now, I just have to go through the process of getting my visa and ARC reissued, so I will be truly “legalized.”
I’ve never been so happy to see a little blue booklet. I am considering having it surgically attached to my body.
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M 08.08.06 at 9:42 pm
Great News!
Rose Byrd 08.09.06 at 8:21 am
A thousand doves calling happy songs to you, Cat, on the occasion of your NEW passport delivery. That is super. Hope it makes up a little for all that aggravation in Taipei. When are we going to perfect the imbedded chip international I.D.?
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