Still moving forward

 I made it through another chapter of APoS-New World For Old, as well as the outline. This one is where Brendan realizes he's been banned from returning to Derry...and is thrilled. It took a fair amount of reworking because this was the one where I'd worked up all the machinations used to sneak him into the US and hide him at his Aunt and Uncle's...but that's no longer valid. They just bring him in, under medication, and present him as simple. Meaning mentally deficient.

Research into getting a medical visa for him showed it would have to be done through a US Consulate, at the very least, and would require notes from the NHS and a physical by a doctor of their choice. So the hell with that. Also gone is him getting a new identity to be snuck in. He's still Brendan, who just winds up overstaying his visa by 8 years. 

Officially, he wouldn't have an issue departing the US when he does decide to leave or, probably, getting back into the UK. A guy I knew in Houston had a problem like that with his new wife. She had moved to Houston to be with him and overstayed her visa by a couple of years. When they finally got married, it was back in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, where her family was. She slipped back into the UK, fine. They assumed once they had a marriage certificate she could come back with him, just as easy.

Nope. Took nearly a year of paperwork and investigation by the embassy in London and interviews out the wazoo for both of them before she was even granted a visa. After that, it took her five years to get a green card so she could legally work. Didn't stop her from working...but she couldn't get a Social Security number till she was legal. At least that's something Brendan doesn't need to worry about; he's not returning to the US.

But that's in Book Three, The Return...which is a bland subtitle. I gotta figure out something better.