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naturegirl321
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| Sherri wrote: |
| One thing, have you already got a visa for your husband to come to the US--does he already have PR status, or do you have to jump through those hoops too? |
No, he doesn't have PR status. We're looking at doing it just for a bit, in order to save money for a couple years, have him get citizenship and then leave. Though it looks like as far as short-term goes, it's not the best idea. I've heard that it can take a year in order to get the PR visa. HOw long did it take you? Where's your husband from? |
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Sherri
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Location: The Big Island, Hawaii
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We applied while living in Tokyo--he is from Tokyo. It was pretty fast, about 4 months. We could have done it in 3, but we took time putting some documents together. It was much faster than doing it from the US. A friend of mine just did it for his wife and it took about a year, so she had to keep flying back to Japan while they waited and of course she couldn't work. So it was boring for her.
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naturegirl321
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| Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:00 am Post subject: |
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WOw, I thought that it took much long. I was told 6 months for fiance and 1 year if you're married. Did he speak English before you arrived?
Why did you decide to go back to the USA. It must have been a big adjustment for your kids.
How long did it take you to find a job? |
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MELEE
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Location: The Mexican Hinterland
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| As in most things, the US doesn't play the same game in every country. The US is much more likely to speed a Japanese through the system, especially a professional, than they are a Latin American. Ask for the experience of other Peruvians. I know that in Mexico, you should expect the process to take 9 months. Peru is probably similar. |
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Sherri
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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Location: The Big Island, Hawaii
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:31 am Post subject: |
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| naturegirl321 wrote: |
Did he speak English before you arrived?
Why did you decide to go back to the USA. It must have been a big adjustment for your kids. How long did it take you to find a job? |
Yes, he could speak English quite well and he had already lived in the US before doing post doc work.
We did a lot of research before chosing the US. It was almost New Zealand. I had been living abroad for my entire adult life. I didn't want to return to my hometown, so we looked around and settled on Hawaii. Being here is like the best of both worlds, I can live in the US, but there is a big Japanese community and there is a new culture and language to learn about --so it is stimulating. I did not want my kids to grow up in Japan. I did not like the school system, I didn't like living in a big city. I was tired of being a foreigner--I mean such an obvious foreigner. People stared at us all the time. I felt we would never fit in. It wore me down.
My kids were young, so it was not a big adjustment. And they love it here.
I found a part time job in about a month and that has now turned into a fulltime job teaching at the local community college. My husband works from home as a freelance translator.
As for visas, it does depend on the country, so if the embassy in your area told you one year, then that must be what it is. Start early!
Bye for now
Sherri |
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