Wednesday, September 25, 2019

2 out of 3.

A  dreary day, meaning totally gray, light rain and a little chilly.

I received news from the Probate Court in Ohio that they will correct the mistake on one of Joan's documents that is holding up our progress in the Polish civil registry. All I have to do is send Joan's birth certificate and a check for $15. Once received, they will give it to a judge to sign the correction and then they will send it to us. Of course, it involves the mail systems so this could take at least 2 more months to wait. When we have the new document we can return to the civil registry to see what other reason(s) they have to reject Joan's documents. There is a small problem in that we do not have "checks" like in the U.S. So, we have to send the documents first to Joan's daughter who then puts in the check and sends it to the Probate Court. That, in itself, causes a delay.

However, on the bright side, I did pass my driver's license test and today I learned that  Joan's EU residency permit approval has been sent to Warsaw for the printing of her renewal card. They will notify us by email when she can pick up the card, within 2-3 weeks. So now we are only dealing with the long-term problem of the civil registry. 2 things accomplished, 1 more to go. This is good.

No, I will not get into how I feel about the latest political news from the U.S. As an old Americ Indian saying goes, "Yesterday is wood, tomorrow is ashes, only today does the fire burn brightly".

Ponury dzie艅, czyli ca艂kowicie szary, lekki deszcz i troch臋 ch艂odno.

Otrzyma艂em wie艣ci z s膮du spadkowego w Ohio, 偶e naprawi膮 b艂膮d w jednym z dokument贸w Joan, kt贸ry op贸藕nia post臋p sprawy w urz臋dzie stanu cywilnego. Wszystko, co musz臋 zrobi膰, to wys艂a膰 akt urodzenia Joan i czek na 15 USD. Po otrzymaniu przeka偶膮 je s臋dziemu do podpisania sprostowania, a nast臋pnie wy艣l膮 je do nas. Oczywi艣cie, to obejmuje systemy pocztowe, wi臋c oczekiwanie mo偶e potrwa膰 jeszcze 2 miesi膮ce. Kiedy mamy nowy dokument, mo偶emy wr贸ci膰 do USC, aby zobaczy膰, z jakich innych powod贸w musz膮 odrzuci膰 dokumenty Joan. Istnieje niewielki problem polegaj膮cy na tym, 偶e nie mamy „czek贸w”, jak w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Musimy wi臋c najpierw wys艂a膰 dokumenty c贸rce Joan, kt贸ra nast臋pnie wystawi czek i prze艣le go do s膮du spadkowego. To samo w sobie powoduje op贸藕nienie.

Z drugiej strony, zda艂em egzamin na prawo jazdy i dzisiaj dowiedzia艂em si臋, 偶e zezwolenie Joan na pobyt w UE zosta艂o wys艂ane do Warszawy w celu wydrukowania jej przed艂u偶onej karty. W ci膮gu 2-3 tygodni powiadomi膮 nas e-mailem, kiedy b臋dzie mog艂a odebra膰 kart臋. Wi臋c teraz mamy do czynienia tylko z d艂ugoterminowym problemem w usc. Dwie rzeczy osi膮gni臋te, jeszcze 1. do zrobienia. Jest dobrze.

Nie, nie b臋d臋 si臋 interesowa膰 najnowszymi wiadomo艣ciami politycznymi z USA. Jak m贸wi stare powiedzenie ameryka艅skich Indian: „Wczoraj by艂 las, jutro b臋dzie popi贸艂, tylko dzisiaj ogie艅 p艂onie jasno”.