The day at the Immigration Office in Dallas

***For those of you who didnt get the email or the news of whats happening with my visa, here is a copy of the email I sent out. *** Dearest Family, Yesterday Matt and I had an appt at the immigration office to apply for the D.O.R.A program ( Dallas Office Rapid Adjustment) Which gives me the opportunity to apply and hopefully receive my green card within 90 days. So, by halloween they say I will have a SSN. So we went in yesterday and told the woman at the front counter that we needed to travel in that time period and she told us to give our application for travel (I-131) and questions to the officer. So we waited patiently for over 1.5 hours and then finally got called in. We met our officer who was conducting our interview. She was a civil, professional lady. We took an oath and proceeded. Just as we started Matt mentioned that we needed to travel within the 90 days and she said , ' not with her your not.' speaking about me. And well, Matt got lost it and was very fumed. We have never had a straight answer about this whole process and was just taking a shot in the dark with this D.O.R.A program, but no one ever told us that we couldnt travel. So Matt said,' should we stop and do this later then, after our travels?.' And the officer replied, ' its too late. you are already in the system.' I choked and started to get wet eyes. Anyways, you dont need to know every detail about what happened but it was tense. The officer then called over to the head office and asked if there are special circumstances (being pregnant and all) and talked to her superviser as well. She really tried to get us answers and help us, but in conclusion, because its not a REAL emergency that couldnt get me parole to leave the country while my application for permanent residency was in process. Anyway, there is ONE last hope. I have made an appt in person at the head office for this Monday to see if we can get an exemption and t will be a miracle if we do, and if we dont, then ( with huge tears in my eyes and a heavy heart ) I cant come to Canada until my application is processed. (I can come to Buffalo though and ya'll can come drive to see me @$%$% trying to keep spirits up) But please dont loose hope. Pray for this appt. on Monday and that the District officer will have mercy on us. I love you all and have been SO looking forward to this. Matt and I cried and cried yesterday. We did not know this was coming. And I cant really stop crying (probably because I am pregnant) But NO MATTER WHAT happens I am coming to Canada in Nov or Dec with the bambino(a). Thank you for reading. We appericate all the love. Matt and Kelly Martin