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1. 0:00Hi, my green card has arrived. Well, you
2. 0:03already know that from the video title.
3. 0:05Let's make this quick. The video won't
4. 0:07be very long, I need to run to work. I
5. 0:09just want to show you the green card
6. 0:11itself and say a few words. Oh, and
7. 0:13generally, how much it cost.
8. 0:15First of all, the green card arrived at
9. 0:18another address a while ago, and I just
10. 0:20picked it up the other day.
11. 0:22I still don't believe it.
12. 0:24You know, for those who live in America
13. 0:26, this is the kind of moment you wait
14. 0:28for so long, and when it finally comes,
15. 0:31you are insanely happy and overwhelmed
16. 0:33with emotions, but you can't believe
17. 0:35it's real.
18. 0:37Every morning I wake up, walk over to
19. 0:39this envelope, pick it up, and I can't
20. 0:41believe it—that this is it, that I've
21. 0:43legalized my status to some extent, and
22. 0:45that the passport is ahead, though I
23. 0:47wonder how much time is left until then
24. 0:50.
25. 0:50I am just in shock. So let's take a look
26. 0:53. So, in the envelope—by the way, this
27. 0:55is our first unboxing. I've been wanting
28. 0:56to film unboxings. I'm constantly buying
29. 0:58things. So let's do it. The first
30. 1:00unboxing is a green card. I think it's a
31. 1:02wonderful gift. Especially since
32. 1:03Christmas is coming soon. Well, how soon
33. 1:05—in a month and a half. So, first, let
34. 1:07me cover this up somehow. There were
35. 1:09three pieces of evidence in the envelope
36. 1:11, let's call them that.
37. 1:14The first is the envelope itself, or
38. 1:15rather the letter where it was attached
39. 1:17.
40. 1:18So you open the envelope; it arrives via
41. 1:19first-class mail. The first thing you
42. 1:21see is this paper. And the green card
43. 1:23was stuck right here. I’ll show you the
44. 1:26green card now. Second point. So, there
45. 1:28was this guide in the envelope.
46. 1:30Let's record this in one take, shall we
47. 1:32? You'll forgive me if anything goes
48. 1:33wrong. It’s a guide for new immigrants.
49. 1:36It says something like: "Welcome to
50. 1:38America, to the United States." If
51. 1:40anyone is interested, press pause and
52. 1:42you can read here about how to live in
53. 1:45this wonderful country.
54. 1:48Well, they talk about—honestly, it’s
55. 1:51quite funny—how long you have to wait
56. 1:53for a green card now; I waited a year
57. 1:55and a half, but people now will be
58. 1:57waiting for about three years.
59. 2:00And the first point says: set up your
60. 2:02life in the USA, find a place to live. I
61. 2:06laughed at this for so long, thinking
62. 2:08that by the time you deliver it, we’ll
63. 2:10be old already. But nonetheless, it
64. 2:13covers finding a job and your rights
65. 2:16here.
66. 2:17obligations, naturally, the most
67. 2:19important thing in bold is that you are
68. 2:21required to pay taxes and that what lies
69. 2:24ahead, strictly speaking, is, well,
70. 2:26becoming, if you can put it that way, a
71. 2:28U.S. citizen.
72. 2:30So, the green card. Oh, wait, the most
73. 2:32interesting part, the green card itself
74. 2:34, I haven't even shown it.
75. 2:36Ta-da. I am insanely happy. This is just
76. 2:40, okay, let me take it out.
77. 2:43But, do you know what the downside is?
78. 2:45They used the photo from my first work
79. 2:48permit. I look so terrible in it. I
80. 2:50remember when I took this photo, and
81. 2:52when the card arrived and I saw it, I
82. 2:54thought: "Well, damn, how could this
83. 2:56happen?" Well, I thought, it’s fine, in
84. 2:59a year or two I’ll redo it, but no, I
85. 3:02didn't redo it. So, strictly speaking,
86. 3:04this is the green card itself. Guys, I
87. 3:06am so happy, look, I have it, I want to
88. 3:09say. Thank you.
89. 3:11>> So now we are permanent residents. See
90. 3:13what the photo is like? It’s just awful
91. 3:14.
92. 3:16Well, those are the things. So, the
93. 3:18green card has arrived, and well, this
94. 3:20is not legal advice, I am not a lawyer,
95. 3:22and all that blah-blah-blah. So, until
96. 3:24citizenship, from the moment of
97. 3:26receiving the green card, it is 4 years
98. 3:27and 9 months before applying for
99. 3:29citizenship. So, this green card arrived
100. 3:33a year ago.
101. 3:34Well, I actually waited for it for about
102. 3:36a year or a year and a half. And it
103. 3:37arrived a year and a half—well, it
104. 3:39arrived a year ago. Consequently, I have
105. 3:423 years and 9 months left until
106. 3:43citizenship.
107. 3:45Well, accordingly, it will be soon.
108. 3:46Therefore, in 3 years and 9 months, I
109. 3:48need to learn 100 questions, I think it
110. 3:50is now. And brush up on the language, I
111. 3:52think there will be three tests,
112. 3:54something written. Well, we will study
113. 3:56all that later together, because, well,
114. 3:59I still can't believe it. I walk up in
115. 4:01the morning, look at it, and I'm like,
116. 4:04wow. I mean, really, wow.
117. 4:06I mean, now I can do absolutely anything
118. 4:08; I can move around the country, I can
119. 4:10travel, I can leave America.
120. 4:12You know, I read this phrase somewhere
121. 4:14recently and laughed, because,
122. 4:16unfortunately, many are stuck here and
123. 4:18cannot leave. And some woman wrote that
124. 4:20, well, you either can't get into your
125. 4:22America, or you can't get out of it. So
126. 4:25, what about the cost? For those who
127. 4:28don't know, a green card costs money.
128. 4:30Well, in theory, if you don't have any
129. 4:32exemptions and can't request a fee
130. 4:35waiver due to financial circumstances, a
131. 4:37green card is usually paid.
132. 4:40In my case, the card costs about 1,500
133. 4:43dollars.
134. 4:45The medical exam, that's another 500.
135. 4:49At the medical exam, you go through a
136. 4:51check-up, you do general tests, and then
137. 4:53you get any vaccines that you're missing
138. 4:56.
139. 4:58As far as I understand, if you’ve lost
140. 5:00your vaccination records, you can get an
141. 5:03antibody test and just get the vaccines
142. 5:05you're missing.
143. 5:07So a green card costs roughly 2,000.
144. 5:10And then I also requested a travel
145. 5:11document. The travel document costs 185
146. 5:14dollars. You have to wait a year and a
147. 5:16half for it.
148. 5:17It's just, damn, it's a travel document
149. 5:20.
150. 5:21It's a little booklet, just a paper
151. 5:23booklet that is valid for a year.
152. 5:25It's valid for a year, and you have to
153. 5:28wait a year and a half just to, well,
154. 5:30travel abroad. I still don't understand
155. 5:32how that's possible.
156. 5:34I mean, okay, and the green card too, I
157. 5:35don't really—it's just, damn, it takes
158. 5:37so long. I mean, the time I waited, it's
159. 5:39just insane. And I could say I hadn't
160. 5:41even really waited yet. I mean, a year
161. 5:43or a year and a half, that’s just
162. 5:45ridiculous.
163. 5:47If you go to the immigration service
164. 5:49website right now and look at the
165. 5:51processing times section, the wait is
166. 5:53about 36 months right now.
167. 5:5636 months to wait for a green card. Well
168. 5:59, for my category, I think everyone
169. 6:01understands that category. It's just
170. 6:03brutal. I mean, first you go through all
171. 6:06this hell, then you finally apply, and
172. 6:09then you wait another 3 years for that
173. 6:12card to arrive. And then there's the
174. 6:14path to citizenship. I mean, it's not a
175. 6:16short road, but I still can't believe it
176. 6:19.
177. 6:20I am incredibly happy. You know, this is
178. 6:23the moment when you realize dreams come
179. 6:26true.
180. 6:28I know there’s going to be a firestorm
181. 6:30in the comments, but you understand,
182. 6:32it's such a moment when you hold it in
183. 6:34your hands.
184. 6:36You're like, "That's it, I'm a US
185. 6:38resident, a resident of the United
186. 6:41States, now I can, maybe now I can
187. 6:43actually live." And, of course, the most
188. 6:46important thing for me is that I can
189. 6:48finally travel abroad to see my mom and
190. 6:51my sister. I haven't seen anyone for so
191. 6:54long, or my friends, and I just can't
192. 6:57believe it. I cried a lot. I mean, for 2
193. 7:00days, I was basically in hysterics. Do
194. 7:02you know when my hysterics started? So,
195. 7:05I have this tracker where you can check
196. 7:08your status.
197. 7:10I was thinking about filing some kind of
198. 7:11lawsuit later, because it's all taking
199. 7:13so long. And just the other evening, I
200. 7:15came home from work tired and made
201. 7:17myself something to eat. I open the
202. 7:20tracker. I mean, I’d been checking it
203. 7:22every single night for over a year. And
204. 7:25before that, when I was waiting for my
205. 7:26work permit.
206. 7:27So, I just refreshed it as usual, and it
207. 7:30turned green, and it said "Green Card"
208. 7:32approved.
209. 7:34At first, I thought it was a glitch. I
210. 7:35swear, I deleted the app, reinstalled it
211. 7:38, checked it again, and it still said "
212. 7:41approved."
213. 7:42And I was like, "What do you mean,
214. 7:44approved?""Like, why is it approved?"
215. 7:48Honestly, I’m telling you, I can’t
216. 7:49believe I’ve lived to see the day where
217. 7:51I can record this video.
218. 7:52Anyway, that’s the party we’re having.
219. 7:53If you’re not subscribed, subscribe,
220. 7:55because we have a move coming up. Well,
221. 7:58for me, at least—I’m on my own now.
222. 8:00Which means moving by the 30th. I’ve
223. 8:03already got boxes sitting over there. I
224. 8:05have to move out of this apartment by
225. 8:07November 30th. I mean, we’re supposed to
226. 8:10move out, but we’re splitting up, so
227. 8:12we’ll be packing together. Apartment
228. 8:15viewings start this week. I’ll take you
229. 8:17with me, of course; we’ll walk around
230. 8:19with the camera and check everything out
231. 8:20. I hope I find something. There’s not
232. 8:22much time to find a place. I’ve already
233. 8:25written down a few options. Honestly,
234. 8:28the timing is just terrible right now—
235. 8:30not a good time at all. I have so much
236. 8:31to do. I’m swamped with college work,
237. 8:33for one thing.
238. 8:35Yeah. I have one question for those who
239. 8:37watched until the end. I absolutely
240. 8:39loved the format where I talked to you
241. 8:42from my car. I loved it so much.
242. 8:45So, I wanted to ask you: if we were to,
243. 8:47I don’t know, have dinner together or
244. 8:49just have heart-to-heart talks at least
245. 8:52once every two weeks, do you think that
246. 8:54would be something you’d enjoy? Because
247. 8:57I don’t just want to set up the camera,
248. 8:59film, talk, edit, and post; I want some
249. 9:02warmth, I want to chat, maybe laugh a
250. 9:04little, and discuss things. I think it’s
251. 9:07a cool idea to get a bit closer to you
252. 9:10all. Yeah. So, those are the updates.
253. 9:13Thanks for watching. Subscribe to the
254. 9:15channel. And as always, I’ll see you
255. 9:18down in the comments.