Unite this Couple: Received My Further Leave to Remain!

Yeah, as the title says, I got my visa! Well...I got it two days ago on August 10th. I've been busy celebrating. When I saw that I got it, I felt so incredibly happy. I felt the happiest I'd felt...well, since I got the last visa and came here! I almost wish I could replay that day, because of how good and cathartic it felt to open that letter and be relieved of the stressful limbo that I was in. My biometric residence permit arrived in the mail just this morning, and it's good until March 2022. It feels soooooooo good!!! I get to stay here for another 30 months, and when that is over, I can apply for indefinite leave to remain; that means I will be permanently here. No more visas. Citizenship is optional, but it is something we might be going for. Indefinite leave looks pretty pricey, though; over £3000 if you want to do priority, which we are probably going to do since I've heard that standard could take up to 6 months! I could hardly handle 8 weeks of a stressful limbo, so when it gets to that final stage I would want to get it done and over with!! It feels so great to be at home stretch now. It just feels sooooo good. I'm still feeling the bliss even now; in fact, it was refreshed when I got the BRP. Such a massive weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I...know that deep down, even with all of my doubts, I was certain that I would get this. But this summer had been so stressful. I lost some sleep. My husband and I fought a couple of times. There was just a lot of restlessness and anxiety over all. But now, it's been washed away like sand by the ocean.

Looks like I need to start studying for the Life in the UK test now, as I need to have that done by the time I submit the next visa. But I just got done getting this one, I am going to need some time to recover! Hopefully these damn dark circles under my eyes will go away, and hopefully I'll stop breaking out like I'm sixteen years old again.

It just feels so great!!