21st January 2021
Today I had to go for my biometric examination, which is to have my picture and fingerprints taken, another step in the residency process.
The centre was in Grand Rapids so not far to travel. The sun was shining like it was a spring day, oh how we look forward to that.
There was strict hygiene protocol when I arrived, hand sanitisers at every turn.
Not many people were there, I was given a ticket with a number on it , but as there was only one lady before me it really wasn’t necessary.
The process was over in a few minutes, just as well Kelli didn’t drive off to one of her favourite shopping places of I would have frozen to death waiting for her return.
The guy at the door was friendly, but the guy at the front desk was a bit strict, I guess he was a Trump supporter taking out his frustration on everybody.
He stamped my papers and pointed to seating where I had to wait for the next step.
I watched him dealing with a couple of black guys who followed me. Once they handed him their paperwork he gestured them to move six foot back before he would even look at the papers.
But it’s a government building run along strict guidelines, but he could been a bit more pleasant about it.
The lady doing the pictures was more friendly , giving me instruction on where to look, but for the fingerprints she had to move an acrylic screen between us with a slot in it to put my hands through. Then it was the scanning of the fingers, first as a whole then one at a time, so now I am in the American sausage machine.
Another Lifetime to go 