I Survived a Terrible Green Card Interview to Tell You This

By Sally Sanchez

Getting an immigration visa is like playing Cones of Dunshire, the fictional game from Parks and Recreation whose rules are so convoluted that even Ben Wyatt, its creator, can’t explain them. As anyone who’s endured the process will tell you, it’s an emotional roller coaster and an administrative nightmare marked by endless paperwork and instructions that are devoid of any actual instruction.

I spent my first five years in the US holding onto the thread of various H-1B work visas that led to some utterly redonk bureaucratic scuffles, including an HR “snafu” (their word) that forced me back to Blighty…