Day 2

No news is good news, is it?

This isn't so much about the cancer. You'd think that would be filling my mind at the moment, but it really isn't. I should probably change my priorities.

Anyway, I am at a stage in my process of moving from the UK to the US. I am not allowed to return to the US to live at this point if I leave. The process goes a little something like this:

Decide to go through with this
Apply while in the UK
Wait 6 months
Get approved
Move
Get Married
Apply for Adjustment of Status
Get green card
Live life

We got to the adjustment of status section, but did not apply yet. We're poor. The AOS costs another $1000. We were waiting for another paycheck before applying. Then all this happens.

Once we applied for AOS, I could have asked permission to leave early and return once my business was done. But if I leave at this point, they will view it as me abandoning my application. I'll have to start all over again, but file a slightly different petition. A marriage visa instead of a fiancee visa. The waiting period is about the same. Oh, and the fee is $420. And later we'll still have to pay that $1000.

So looks like I'll be stuck in the UK for a while if I return, which I'm almost 100% certain that I will. And my wife is only allowed to stay for 6 months on a visitor visa. She isn't allowed to work, either. So I'm not sure what we're going to do.

I'm going to beat this. I'm going to win over my body, and the government, and my incredibly bad luck that causes this to happen. I'm just not sure how yet.

But I will.