Interested in ion transport and soft matter. Asst. Prof. in ChBE at @CUEngineering. Previously @Princeton, @MIT, @IITDelhi. Member of @LIFE_Boulder
Dec 27, 2021 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
After 4 years of constant struggle, last week, my wife and I became US permanent residents. The #immigration process emotionally exhausted us. We both came to the US 9 years back, are @MIT graduates and economically privileged. Still, the process made us feel small and desperate.
Overall, the lawyer fees and applications costed us ~$15,000. The documents submitted to USCIS amounted to more than 1,000 pages. My total exchanges with attorneys over the 4 years amount to more than 103,000 words (yes, it is a 6-figure number, I checked it).
