The world has been paralyzed for more than six months now, and you might be wondering, how have people gone back home, to school abroad, or even to a new country to start a new post-pandemic life? Well, the answer to the first one is humanitarian flights. Something that sounds pretty apocalyptic, people trapped in countries that they do not consider their home, far away from family and scared. Well, one would think that those people were the first ones to be rescued, which is true to a certain extent and heavily depends on the country. I have family members that are still waiting for their spot on a humanitarian flight.
But what about the rest? What about people who want to immigrate to another country and start a new life? Or even move to study? Well, the rest of us have had to pretty much accommodate to the idea of impossible immigration for the last 6-7 months, but after waiting for the longest time, our time has come. From my experience in Colombia, as someone who is wanting to immigrate to the United States as a student, the process has been long and tedious. For starters, the embassy was closed until not long ago, so they are packed. All the appointments I could get were given for December or January a bit close to my expected trip, but I'm sure it will all work out.
Also, thanks to COVID, all the legal papers that needed to be sent by the university (I-20) in order to get a student visa (F1) were originally sent by mail, as a physical paper. But the pandemic didn't fail to turn all policies around. Something historical has happened, for the first time digitally signed, important papers are being accepted by the embassy.
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