Hi Bis, thanks for sharing your experience. This essay was part of a series I organized here on Medium called #MyTimeinLine. If you’d be interested in sharing more of your story, feel free to write about your experience and use the tag MyTimeinLine, and then I’ll add it to the hub page. https://medium.com/@RachelG/my-time-in-line-what-it-really-takes-for-u-s-immigrants-to-get-legal-status-b06b756c3500#.wtu0tfb1s