197 Days Later

[nanila]

My friends, you are now looking at a permanent resident of the United Kingdom. For lo, the Border Agency has seen fit to return my passport (with the settlement permit backdated by a full month).

Break out the champagne, the mangoes, your tutu and the dancing monkeys. It is time to PARTY.

Comments

[boundbooks]

Congratulations! :D

[nanila]

Whee, thank you! It's still sinking in.

[0jack]

HOORAY!

[nanila]

Yes, yes indeed. I'm so happy this is decided.

[innerbrat]

YAY!

[nanila]

YES!

(I got some of the paperwork - original copies of bank statements, etc - back again. I had paperclipped them with post-it notes explaining the contents, highlighted relevant information and cross-referenced them to the appropriate sections in the application form. How on Earth did it take them six months to check it?!)

[quoththeravyn]

Wooooooooooooooo!

Ahem. Congratulations. Enjoy the Merrye Olde!

[nanila]

:D :D

Thank you, thank you. I can travel again! I don't know where to go, though. I think I've forgotten how to go on holiday. :P

[miss_haitch]

Hurrah! Congratulations. :D

[nanila]

Thank you!

[pulchritude]

Congrats! That's great news! :D

[nanila]

Thanks! Yes, it is. It's still sinking in that I now no longer need a visa to work here. WOW.

[nadriel]

Congrats!

[nanila]

Thank you! *happy dance*

[uninvitedcat]

WOOOO-HOOOOO!!!!!!!

Congratulations and at last!

[nanila]

YAAAAAAAY!

Thank you. Yes, indeed. As I said to innerbrat, I got some of the paperwork - original copies of bank statements, etc - back again. I had paperclipped them with post-it notes explaining the contents, highlighted relevant information and cross-referenced them to the appropriate sections in the application form. How on Earth did it take them six months to check it?!

[doccy]

HUZZAH! Let there be tea-drinking across the land!

(...and lo, there was!)

[nanila]

Yes! And crumpet-eating. And scones. Ooh, and Battenberg.

Hungry now.

[lurkingcat]

Hurrah!

[nanila]

Yes! *dance of joy*

[telegramsam]

YAY! *tosses confetti*

[nanila]

Thank you! *twirls in confetti*

Finally!

[weaverbird]

YAYAYAYAYAY! Congratulations! *happy dance* What great news. *g*

Re: Finally!

[nanila]

I'm so relieved! I don't know where to go first. Belgium? Back to the US for a visit?

Vladivostok?

[zorkian]

Congrats! Also, nice photo -- although my brain keeps wanting to parse the background as trees or being outside. Silly brain.

[nanila]

Thank you! They're pretty bizarrely patterned curtains. When I'm lying in bed, my brain sometimes tries to pair pheasant's heads with the flowers, depending on the way they're folding.

[chickenfeet]

Yay! and thoroughly indecent thoughts!

[nanila]

Hurrah! and blushes.

[liseuse]

HURRAH!!!!

[nanila]

YESSSS! I'm so pleased. It still hasn't sunk in yet. I want to go out of the country on holiday, but I haven't a clue where to go!

[sfred]

Hurray!

[nanila]

Yippee! I can go places again! And I don't need to renew any visas. That's pretty neat.

[oursin]

Yay! and Huzzah! and Virtual Fireworks of Celebration!

[nanila]

Thank you!

I can travel again! I feel I should go on holiday, but I haven't a clue where to start now. Belgium? Canada? Venezuela? Svalbard? So many choices.

[meloukhia]

Congratulations!

[nanila]

*bouncebounce* Thank you!

[ironed_orchid]

Hurrah!

Still can't get over how long that took, but Hurrah! nonetheless.

[nanila]

Yippeeee!

Neither can I. Especially after receiving some of my original (carefully labeled, cross-referenced and highlighted) documentation back again. *boggle*

[mixofsun]

Whooo! Congratulations! :D

[nanila]

Wheee! Thank you!

[lark_ascends]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


(And beautifully artistic shot)

[nanila]

WHEEEEEEEEEEE!!! Where should I go first?!

(Thank you. It's becoming a series. Will post the next one here shortly.)

[gorgeousnerd]

YAAAAAAAY \o/

[nanila]

:D :D HURRAH!

Now that I can leave the country again, I have to work out someplace to take a holiday...

[azurelunatic]

Hooray!

[nanila]

Hurrah! I'm so pleased this is finally resolved (and favourably).

[floating_coffin]

Congrats!

Now if we could only get the Chinese authorities to accept my PR...

[nanila]

Thank you!

What's the process for getting PR in China?

[dandelion_salad]

Congratulations!

[nanila]

Thank you! So happy. I think I should take a holiday but I don't know where to go first!