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A memoir of the author’s early days.

On a green card, you are limited in how many days you can be out of the US. It’s like a reverse overstay. I forget how many, but she was well over. Had we known about it, we could have gotten a permit before she left.

I’ve made only a couple three week trips. Mostly, I arrive on a Saturday and leave three Sundays later. Maybe, one day I’ll get out my passports and count how many days it totals. My shortest RT from San Francisco was 31 hours. My wife is still on her green card and she went back to Thailand for a couple years. I thought she would have issues getting through immigration when she got back, so I went over, so I could go through the checkpoint with her. They held her in the SFO immigration office for a couple hours, then fined her over $500, but let her back in. She’s studying for the citizenship test now.

My cat in-law living the good life near Phitsanulok.

Hello, all. I’m retired, currently living in the San Francisco area. I’m planning on selling my house here and moving to Thailand as the travel situation improves. I’ve made a dozen or so trips to Thailand. Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket and several trips to Phitsanulok, where my wife’s family lives.