After almost 7 months of waiting, my application to adjust my status from H1-B (temporary worker) to F1 (student) finally got approved. Seven months is considered speedy. In the past, I have heard stories of waiting for a F1 visa for a year and a half. Hopefully I’ll be able to complete the classes I think are useful to me and move on to the next stage of life professionally and personally. We are still struggling whether or not to stay in the United States since our application to immigrate to Canada is still pending.
Before you flame me about how foreign workers are just taking jobs away from Americans, everything I have done has been through legal means. And I pay my taxes just like everyone else though I don’t get to enjoy any of the benefits an American tax payer would. But I ain’t complaining. I am a visitor, and I gladly follow the rules and policies set forth by the policy makers of the land.