Immigration

Today Mr. Kim and Mrs. Baek took Tracy and I to another city to begin processing our Alien Registrations. We had to bring our passports and several passport-sized pictures. It was an adventure in itself to go to a photo studio and have a woman who spoke absolutely no English try to tell us how to pose and which way to turn our heads, etc. But today going to the office was smoother because we had Koreans with us. All we needed to do was be there and sign the papers that had already been filled out for us and turn in our passports. It was especially strange for me because of my experience working with refugees in Fort Wayne. There, I was the person filling out forms for people who didn't speak English and just having them sign their names. Then, I would take them to the SS office just so the staff could see them and make sure they matched their pictures. Today I was on the other end. I was the one who didn't speak the language and just signing my name without understanding what was happening. So strange!