Got fantastically good news in the mail today: my “request for the removal of the conditional basis” of my permanent resident status has been approved. Reminder: As I had applied for permanent resident status immediately after my marriage her, this … Continue reading
Something I’ve only realized lately, when I saw our electrician’s bill for the work he had done in our garage [installing the tankless water heater], are two facts: Taxes here in Texas are very low. Taxes are only levied on … Continue reading
It’s awfully dry here in southern Texas, as I keep writing here and in my other blog. The drought conditions are “exceptional”, i.e. the harshest category possible, with some rivers, e.g. the upper Guadalupe, going completely dry. Today, the New … Continue reading
In the final days of their special session the Texas Legislature passed a new law requiring Texans applying for or renewing their drivers’ licenses to prove that they are citizens of the US or in the country legally. This is … Continue reading
“Coaching”- … Posted by Pit on Monday, January 18, 2010 … or is it? There really wasn’t a lot of “coaching” at our appointment with the immigration lawyer. She indeed told us a few of the usual questions that we … Continue reading
Off to a Lawyer Posted by Pit on Monday, January 18, 2010 Today we have an appointment with our immigration lawyer here. There we will be coached for an interview with the Immigration Department [or Department of Homeland Security, as … Continue reading
Welcome to my expat’s blog, which, in fact, is a kind of a translation or rendering, rather, into English – for the use of my friends here in the US of A – of my personal blog “Pit’s Musings and … Continue reading
A German Expat's Life in Texas 