wheretolive

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by wheretolive 4y ago
Mansions might be positive for some. And doesn't take benefits away! Vancouver downtown is amazing too. Used to live there. But living in a high rise with young kids and constant false fire alarms where a big pain.
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by wheretolive 4y ago
Agreed. Still doesn't take away the other unique features away. I am yet to find any more place with such size houses which are walkable. Which was the charm for me.
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by wheretolive 4y ago
It's First Shaughnessy District. Most historic area of Vancouver and has many heritage protections e.g. a. can't demolish houses built before 1940, b. every change in the exterior have to be approved by a First Shaughnessy Design
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by wheretolive 8y ago
Cool, will do that!
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Ask HN: Leaving US, how to manage bank accounts
1 points by wheretolive 8y ago|3 comments
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by wheretolive 9y ago
The system is designed to give a Green Card in around an year. You can file for an EB1-3 as soon as you move to US. Process is: PERM - 3-4 months (EB1 and EB2-NIW don't need it) I-140 - premium - 14 days I-485 - can be filed concurrent
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by wheretolive 9y ago
Do you know that India is more than in languages, cuisine, culture and history than whole of Western Europe. Just because they have common passport, doesn't mean that they are any less diverse. If whole of Europe gets a single EU passp
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by wheretolive 9y ago
Yes. You can have both! You can have some Green Cards allocated to the points based and some allocated to the current system. The current system was designed for situations which existed in the past. It wasn't perfect but served the jo
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by wheretolive 9y ago
It's the system which is enabling people to take advantage, and only system can fix it through changes in law! When the system allowed segregation, whom do you blame more - the system which allowed it or the general people who were tak
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by wheretolive 9y ago
The process is non-definitive. A few years after you invest the money, you get a provisional green card and if the 10 permanent jobs are created after 2 years from that point, you get a permanent Green Card. Too many ifs and buts. I thought
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by wheretolive 9y ago
This isn't criticizing bank robbing. It's just saying that cracking down on the bank robbing, might not make restaurants any safer. Only claim was that restaurants (hitech companies might benefit).
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by wheretolive 9y ago
Does it take so long! When were you able to file your I-485 - so that you have EAD and AP
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by wheretolive 9y ago
This sounds great! Congrats on cutting your losses!
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by wheretolive 9y ago
EB-2 works under same priority order, whether NIW or not. Only benefit of NIW is that you don't need to do PERM (which is labor certification). So, EB-2 NIW - doesn't help people from India - because it is really easy to get a EB-
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by wheretolive 9y ago
This isn't going to help high tech companies. EB1-C is a Green Card category for multinational managers. It is supposed to be used to move job creating foreign nationals to US. Till 2010, the body shop and consulting companies didn&#x2
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by wheretolive 9y ago
When did your friends move to US. Recently or before 2012. Since 2010, the decline started and since 2012 very few highly qualifies Indians are moving to US. It has been a mix of growth in local startup ecosystem and know how much the immig
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by wheretolive 9y ago
I have an O-1. Still didn't help me get a Green Card!
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by wheretolive 9y ago
Seriously, I don't know how do you draw such conclusions. The main point was: It is really difficult for highly skilled people from India to immigrate from India. And because of this many highly skilled Indians want to leave. First, yo
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by wheretolive 9y ago
I agree US is great with immigration (if you are not from India). Most people can get a Green Card within a year (even with moderate skills) and citizenship at 5 years without language test. This is great! But doesn't work for Indians.
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by wheretolive 9y ago
Not making it super difficult for high skilled, shouldn't mean restricting immigration to them. Your first line seems like an useless argument. I am not sure how you arrived at it. I want to prioritize being in the place, where I can b
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by wheretolive 9y ago
It's not luck as in buying a lottery ticket. If the case is not strong and not well prepared - it will definitely get rejected. But if the case is really strong, and the petition is really strong - it's possible that you might get
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by wheretolive 9y ago
What's the point if you live under a threat of deportation all your life! Do you know how much paper work has to be done to file a petition. I have around 20 pounds in weight of past paperwork!. Every petition is 100s of pages. Even if
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by wheretolive 9y ago
Going for EB-1 has been one of the worst decisions of my life. I wasted 2 years collecting paper work, getting letters, wasting money and waiting! It really a luck thing. And if you have to go premium. You will find out sooner!
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by wheretolive 9y ago
<From throwaway account to avoid leaking personal info> I feel so great for you! Finally, I am moving out. Enough dealing with the immigration crap here! I waited for 8 years too. Didn't let immigration stall my career. Built a c