It's Official!

It's official! I'm a resident of Sweden!

Before we left the U.S. we had to apply for our Swedish visas, but we still had to get finger printed and photographed. So two weeks ago (March, 21st to be exact), Andrew and I hoped on a train down to Malmo. It was quite a funny trip, as Andrew and I only got 2 hours of sleep the night before, and we were still a little tipsy. Don't worry, we didn't drive. As I said, we took the train, and then a cab.


Speaking of cab, that was another funny story. We made it all the way to the Migration office before we found out the cab driver couldn't accept out card. Sooooo, he took us to an ATM, and then back to the office, and was nice enough to not charge us for the extra time.

Getting into the Migration office, then getting printed and photographed was the easy part. The hard part was figuring how they were going to get us our visas when they were printed (two weeks later). The reason this was an issue, was because they had to use the address we used when we applied, which if you recall, we were still in the U.S. and we didn't yet know what our Swedish address would be. They could have sent them to the addresses on our applications, in the U.S., but what good would that do us?

Long story-short, a nice lady who I presume was the manager was able to ship my visa to the Migration office, and then (under the table) personally ship me my visa.

And here it is!
It lets me live, study, and work in Sweden for 6 months, the first 3 of which I lived here without. So don't worry Friends back home; Unless I renew this puppy, I'll be home in less than three months.