Milton got his green card... Wooooo Hooooo!
... or at least got an email late at night saying he was going to be mailed a letter stating he was accepted. For those of you who do not know, if a gay man is married to a gay Brazilian, there is no help with automatic immigration status as in when a straight Korean colleague of mine went to Korea, got married, and his new wife got her green card immediately... so M & I have been at the mercy and good graces of the SJUSD (may the good lord bless and keep the district safe from budget cuts forever amen) for sponsoring his work visa for the last 10 years!
Needless to say it has been nerve racking, sometimes horrifying, exciting, and has been the reasons for all sorts of bells and whistles to go off, plans to be made for me to immigrate, and then when his school district offered to sponsor him for the green card, to bring me back from Brasil so that M could do his doctorate here.
All of this would never have happened if our very dear Eda hadn´t been so good to him down in the Dept of Ed at the very beginning of his work here 10 long years ago... so a big hug goes to her, our madrinha para sempre!
So life is good... I will post all the congrats here as they come in.
Wooooo Hooooo!
Needless to say it has been nerve racking, sometimes horrifying, exciting, and has been the reasons for all sorts of bells and whistles to go off, plans to be made for me to immigrate, and then when his school district offered to sponsor him for the green card, to bring me back from Brasil so that M could do his doctorate here.
All of this would never have happened if our very dear Eda hadn´t been so good to him down in the Dept of Ed at the very beginning of his work here 10 long years ago... so a big hug goes to her, our madrinha para sempre!
So life is good... I will post all the congrats here as they come in.
Wooooo Hooooo!
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from Spencer: oh that's great!!! congratulations milton!!
from Daveo (via facebook): Con.grab.you.libations Dan :))) must be a great feeling.. so much work to get something so human.
from Prof. Rita J: green is so good!!!!!
from Prof R. Pomo: GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!! PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From Assoc Dean Pia: Parabens! Great news!
From Kermit: GREAT ! ! !PARTY TIME, YEAH! ! ! !
From Prof L. Nowell: congratulations!
From Joe & Ruth: Ruth and I are both very pleased for the two of you. We're looking forward to the party.
From our fairy god mothers Brit and Mary: What a relief! How wonderful! Love to you both.
From Ms Vicki: Rock on my brotha!!!!!
From Prof. C. Olson: Dan and Milton: Congratulations to both of you!!!!
From Bill G: Awesome! Did Milton get his acceptance for his green card as your legally recognized husband? (ans. Dude! no, due to the bigo-repub-fundie-religious backwardness of this country gay marriage in is not recognized as a federal right... yet)
From Prof Bob P: Congrats to Milton!
Jose & Loring: Hugs to you both!
From our neighbors Kelley and Majid: Hurray and Loud Cheers for Milton !!!
From Ms Jeri C: WooHoo. I just can't imagine what a relief this is for you both. I am so H A P P Y."
From Ms Jeri C: WooHoo. I just can't imagine what a relief this is for you both. I am so H A P P Y."
Prof. M Coughlin says: HAPPY NEWS!
Jeri says: Did you hear the big sigh of relief all the way from Arizona???? KISS KISS KISS.
Prof F Lilly says: Congratulations!!!
Curt P. in Guatemala says: Congrats for the greencard thing. I hear that's a long haul these days to get one.
Keith or neighbor says: Tell him a big CONGRATS! That'll stop a big worry ... So he is now the same as me ... A permanent alien!
From our Gay Dads Steve & Nelson: THANK GOD !! That is so great, not only for Milton and you - but for all of your friends (and relatives!!) and of course the students Milton works with everyday. So great.
Mona says: "Congrats to Milton! That's terrific."
Prof. Ed A. says: Congrats, you two!!!!!
From Prof Clo M: I'd say that is Biiiiiiiiiiiiig!Congratulations to Milton.Good excuse for a party.
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