Imposter Syndrome
I’ve been in my new position with Lufthansa for just over six months now and it’s going pretty well, all things considered. Good job, good colleagues, and the chance to bring in a bit of that “youngest sibling energy” to the workplace. I’ve also learned quite a few things about the US immigration system and its baffling complexity. Sure, German bureaucracy may be slow and lumbering – I wasn’t able to deregister myself until about 2 months after I physically left the country – but it does follow a certain logic that, if followed, somehow spits you out the other end relatively unscathed. No so here it seems. As I’ve learned, some US visa holders have three different government documents telling them three different expiration dates related to their stay in the country. Why three different dates/documents? Idk, something to do with freedom, probably. I don’t make the rules. I just try to explain them in a somewhat comprehensible manner. But that’s another rant for another time. I’m here t...