was at the immigration office this morning with hao-e and the attorney from orbis to extend my visitor visa which incidentally ended on 28 Apr. So i have technically overstayed for 5 days and have been "illegal" for the last 5 days. Literally panicked when we found out on sunday which was already 29 Apr!! haha. had some nightmares over it cos we weren't sure of the penalties for missing the deadline.
worst case scenario - i had to leave the island for a while and re-enter bermuda later. natural choice would be new york but think i would rather go to london to visit my friends.
not so bad scenario - some $$ fine lor.
but the best thing happened (thank you Lord!) - we weren't fined and i wasn't asked to leave the island. we just had a short discussion with the inspector and my visa was extended(!) till 26 May! so we would have to make another trip to the immigration office 2 weeks from now to extend it till july and hopefully by then, hao-e's permanent work permit would be ready and i wouldn't be on a tourist visa anymore.
so this is the end of my headache and sleepless nights (for now anyway).
worst case scenario - i had to leave the island for a while and re-enter bermuda later. natural choice would be new york but think i would rather go to london to visit my friends.
not so bad scenario - some $$ fine lor.
but the best thing happened (thank you Lord!) - we weren't fined and i wasn't asked to leave the island. we just had a short discussion with the inspector and my visa was extended(!) till 26 May! so we would have to make another trip to the immigration office 2 weeks from now to extend it till july and hopefully by then, hao-e's permanent work permit would be ready and i wouldn't be on a tourist visa anymore.
so this is the end of my headache and sleepless nights (for now anyway).
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