Hey you! Thanks for being here.
I've wanted to quickly summarize my current situation, because it can be confusing for a lot of people and it's a bit easier to put it in text.
[Summer 2021]
I'm from Germany, I moved to Sweden, near Malmö in 2016 to live with my partner (in his home country) who wanted to pursue a career in Level Design that didn't exist as a study subject in Germany. We were living at his mother's place for a while.
He finally got accepted to the school that teaches Level Design, which was located in Stockholm and it's the reason we moved there in ~2019-2021 so he could study.
Now, the study part is basically done and he needed an internship, which he got. It's a game company that is just too good to decline due to the game they're working on because it is my partner's absolute favorite game. Their studio is based near Manchester, UK.
Our apartment in Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden was extremely expensive (1400$ monthly rent for 47 square meters), so we moved out as soon as possible to save money for our upcoming, bigger move to the UK.
My partner was on summer break, which resulted in no income, so we weren't able to afford the rent to stay in our own apartment.
We are currently back at his mother's place, which took 9 hours to drive to and it's also why I wasn't able to stream for 1 week due to packing/cleaning/unpacking.
His internship was supposed to start at the end of August 2021, so that's why we have to get everything done this summer: Passport, Visa, Vaccine and getting all doctor's appointments etc. out of the way.
We are still looking for an apartment over there too, so we are busy trying to find something as soon as possible. Therefore, my stream schedule is a little inconsistent during that time!
EDIT 08/2021: Unfortunately, we are having so many issues with the visa application, which delays our move to the UK by a few additional weeks. They ask for a lot of details, including a language test to prove that we can speak English. My partner had an appointment in Denmark on the 15th September to do it.
EDIT 09/2021: Due to me having to stay here for such an unexpectedly long time, I needed a break from this place to stay sane. I'm extremely unhappy here, while not being able to do anything about it. My birthday was on the 15th September and I went to see my own family in Germany from the 16th to 23rd September. I was hoping for news by the time I got back, with no luck so far.
EDIT 10/2021: We're still stuck here waiting for a reply about our visa, which is taking an incredibly long time. At this point, I'm hoping I get to leave in October at all. There's nothing we can do about it other than wait. I'm ready to book a flight and just leave.
The one thing that kept my mood up and served as a very good distraction was streaming. Unfortunately, my graphic card seems to have given up and I can't stream anymore until I get a replacement. Therefore, my streams are completely on hold until I can buy something new in the UK.
EDIT 11/2021: Who would've thought we'd be stuck here for 2.5 months longer? At this point, I have received my "dependent worker visa" already, which is linked to my partner's. So far he hasn't gotten the "yes" yet, so we still can't travel. It feels close and yet so far away.
FINAL EDIT: We have gotten everything we need now and our flight is on the 20th November 2021. No streams until I get a new PC, which I don't think will be until 2022.
Read the updated post here; it's February 2022 as I'm writing this final sentence and I have a PC again and settled down in our apartment! Thanks for reading and understanding, your support is helping me so so much.
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