I may have never gotten one in the US, but I certainly made it in Africa!!! As of today, July 30, 2010, I am a Rwandan resident (well, Rwandan foreign resident)!!! YUHUUU!!! Well, I don't quite know what all of this means, other than that I will have certain discounts for trips and savanna park entries. I hope it doesn't also mean I have to start paying taxes here?! In any case, I have never been as excited about a document before. This is, indeed, the greenest ID ever imaginable (you will notice that, by coincidence, even the photo is taken against a green background, while I was wearing a green top...) What were the odds, right... I just have to figure out now how I can carry this thing around, since folding it does not seem to be an option?!
In light of one of my previous entries, I must add that the immigration officer, a very sexy, tall, married man by the name of Andrew, was filling in my papers while offering life advice. I was duly informed that "there are many young, single, cute Rwandan men", and that I should totally forget about going back and just stay and build a future here. He assured me that, once married, citizenship will not be a problem whatsoever... I imagine that another Rwandan is all this place needs, if we consider how densely populated the country already is!
Interesting to read this story on your blog but also want to let you know that green card is no more used in the next few months. Starting Monday, Feb 24; the directorate of immigration and emigration will start to give an electronic ID for foreigner residents in Rwanda.
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