Scheming for a US Visa. Tim Atsen came to the USA somewhat reluctantly as a married and well-rounded PhD student. He quickly achieved sterling success, ending up with a beginning professors position in a city university. To keep that job, he needed US permanent residency. Getting impatient to wait out a protracted visa quest started by the university, he got persuaded to delve into the murky world of quasi-marriage to a US citizen. But that soon unraveled, and Tim found himself facing a serious charge of bigamy. Lyn Thomas-Ogbuji has lived a fulsome life of eclectic pursuits soldier, scholar, teacher, scientist, and entrepreneur in six