Dear India, thank you for inviting me to stay here forever

Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india




After 89 mind-boggling, frustration-inducing, grey-hair-propagating, bureaucracy-cursing, confusion-rendering days of limbo over my application for a permanent residency and work permit in India, the central government here in Delhi— lithe, agile and efficient as it always is (heavy sarcasm) — showed me the meaning of unexpected haste.

Though I was expecting the process to take months or more to complete (if ever), at 4:23 p.m., Monday, February 1, 2010, I, Adam Franklin Jadhav, officially became an Overseas Citizen of India. For nearly all intents and purposes, I now have dual citizenship and am free to do almost entirely as I please.

Hallelujah.

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    5 Responses to “Dear India, thank you for inviting me to stay here forever”

    1. Anna Says:
      February 1st, 2010 at 4:04 pm

      Hallelujah, indeed. Happy for you!

    2. Stensland Says:
      February 2nd, 2010 at 12:36 am

      Thanks for cropping the photo so I can’t tell you how much you look like a ….
      Congrats!

    3. Royal Says:
      February 5th, 2010 at 12:19 pm

      Wicked awesome.

    4. JAGTAR BRAR Says:
      February 6th, 2010 at 9:39 am

      happy to know it congratulations. i think u remember me. we met in EIMA AGRIMACH-2009 AT ICAR PUSANEW DELHI. PLS SMS ME UR MOBILE NO

    5. ADAM JADHAV » Blog Archive » So long, 2010; it’s been nice knowing ya… Says:
      April 5th, 2011 at 3:30 am

      [...] I spent many hours not working while pursuing my Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) status. I now have a lifelong work/residency permit for my adopted second [...]

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