birthday present!

your cup runneth over :-)

what great Birthday presents! and that on top of getting permanent residence :-)

Congratulations!

Howdy!

All that and the residency status, too: you're doing something right.

Happy Birthday; celebrate for at least a week! Enjoy the class and the paint goodies; let us see how it goes.

Ragmop/Sandy

I'm green with envy! lol. My bday is next week,na no chance. Enjoy the w shop!

they canceled it because not enough people signed up! and I heard the message just as I got home with all the required materials :o(

on the other hand, the green cards were waiting in today's mail. they took so long to approve the case it was almost anticlimatic to just get them!

Jessamy wrote:

aww bummer :(

yes I can imagine it was... for me having residency here is as normal as coffee in the am - I was summoned to the police office when I was 16 and told to bring 2 passport photo's and within half an hour of arriving I had the first blue 5 year permit in my hand (my dad already had permanent residency) when I was 18 I got summons #2 and told again to bring 2 passport photo's and 30 mins later I had a pink permanent residency card in my hand. since then they have gone plastic but I only ever have to change my pass if the police change the type of pass issued. My ex (Egyptian) used my status to get himself nationalised which as it turns out is good as now my kids have Dutch nationality. being born abroad I cannot give my nationality on to my kids sp ex not being Egyptian is good as all Egyptians get called for service no matter where they live. (yikes!)