The Stories

It was a dream come true when I got approved for the Morrison Visa. And here I am some 35 years later, with 2 kids and 3 grandchildren. One thing we were taught growing up in Ireland was work hard and life will be what you make it. I spent 30 years in NY before moving to Florida and then to South Carolina. So thank you, Bruce, I wish other young people can have the same opportunity and experience I had with so many others. You certainly made my dream come true.

Thank you, Bruce for making it possible for myself and my family to reside and work in the U.S. It's been quite a ride and I have met fabulous folks along the way.

Thank you Bruce for the huge opportunity that the Morrison Visa Program offered me and my partner. We both travelled and worked as postdoctoral research scientists at Baylor College and University of Texas, Medical Center, Houston. The experience of travelling and working in the US was invaluable to our academic training and future work in Irish Universities on our return in the late 1990’s. We maintained many personal and professional connections with the great people we met in Houston.

Many thanks for the the visa and what it gave me. I used it to live and work in the US for a few years in the 90's when I was a newly graduated engineer trying to figure out where I went next. It was a truly transformative experience to me and has left me with a gratitude for what the US gave me that I will carry with me for the rest of my days.

I just wanted to thank you for the life-changing opportunity you gave in as I was a recipient of your Visa in 1993. I moved to San Francisco that year and enjoyed great success both professionally and privately. I recently returned to live in Europe with my irish wife who had also received the same visa in 1994.

So happy to have got visa and subsequently American citizenship.

Thank you so much for sponsoring the Visa program. I certainly benefited by it, and the green card paved the career path I subsequently pursued. Many thanks indeed.

This visa literally changed my life. I started applying when it first came out, I remember sending letter after letter, that was the process at the time, and finally getting the visa in 1994. I clearly remember the embassy interview, the planning, leaving home and starting out at the time in Boston. I've been in the US over thirty years now, with a family of my own, and remain truly grateful for the opportunity I had to embark on a new life, and remain connected too to my home.

I write this with heartfelt thanks to Bruce Morrison. I was one of the lucky Irish to win a Morrison Visa in 1992. Fresh out of college, I packed my bags for New York to begin my working life. While I didn’t stay permanently, I made lifelong friends and deep connections with people in the US who remain a big part of my life today. The visa gave me opportunities that shaped my life in ways I cannot put into words, and I will always be deeply grateful to Bruce for making it possible.

I want to thank Mr. Bruce Morrison for this wonderful opportunity. I received a Visa that my brother applied for in 1994 It opened the world of opportunity for me when I came to the United States. There was a lot of people illegal here from Ireland and I was very fortunate that I was not one of them. Thanks to this wonderful man! I will be forever. Grateful I am an American citizen married with two children and and have lived here permanently since 1997 I am very proud to be an American citizen.

Thank you Mr Morrison you have been always been on my mind. I am so proud to be a citizen of this great country and people I came to NYC from a small town in Ireland leaving my friends and family behind. I opened a bar in NYC and I I am so happy to give back jobs to kid that come to NYC from smaller towns across America leaving there family and friends behind. It makes me so happy to see them get a foothold in NYC and thrive just like I did.

I'm delighted to have the opportunity to thank you for what turned out to have a massive impact on my life. I left for Chicago on 8th July, 1994 on a one-way ticket with $500 my Dad gave me in the airport, I met amazing people, met my wife, built life long friendships had an amazing career and life. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you Sir - I can't imagine how my life would have been had I not taken that flight to Chicago 32 years ago.

Thank you Bruce for supporting the Irish people through this visa program and allowing us to make a better life for us here.

Bruce, I often wondered who was the person behind the Morrison Visa program and why they wanted to do it. What I was told many years ago was that the Irish people were “underrepresented in the United States”, and that was the main reason behind the visa program. I always found that reason very hard to believe because we are everywhere in America. Whatever the reason, I am so very grateful to you for granting me a visa to come and live and work and create my own family and wonderful life here.

Moving to the United States was a life changing experience. This opportunity helped me achieve more than I could ever have dreamed. Thank you so very much.

Receiving the Morrison Visa was a profoundly life-changing opportunity for me and my (now) wife. Arriving in the bitter cold of New York City in January 1994 marked the beginning of an incredible journey, and we’ve never looked back since. Thank you!