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mitsui
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| Poles don't need visas to go to the US for 90 days or less, so Americans are given some special treatment in turn. |
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lundjstuart
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Location: Warsaw, Poland
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:15 am Post subject: |
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| mitsui wrote: |
| Poles don't need visas to go to the US for 90 days or less, so Americans are given some special treatment in turn. |
I'm going to call it now, B*LLS**T!! My Polish wife needed to get a visa to go with me back home for Christmas that only lasted 3 weeks!
There are other European countries that can go without a visa for trips less than 90 days, these countries include; Great Britain, Germany, France, and many more Western European countries! |
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spiral78
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:25 am Post subject: |
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Czechs also need visas for both US and Canada. Regardless of the time period.
This ticks me off, as my Czech husband and I (US citizen) have been married more than 10 years, and he works as an air traffic controller in Canada - a high security clearance position, if there ever was one.
But he gets the same stupid hassle every year at the US Embassy in Canada - they will never issue him a visa for more than 12 months at a time, so he has to go every year and suffer indignities.
He's also been detained at US airports for extra clearance checks. In case anyone suspects that he looks like a terrorist or bum - sorry. Nice normal tall white guy with conservative short haircut, no tattoos or dreads or even a backpack. Normal roll-on suticases. Educated English. Card-carrying air traffic controller.
The US is sometimes simply very stupid. Yet another reason not to live there, for me. |
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dynow
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:34 am Post subject: |
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| Poles don't need visas to go to the US for 90 days or less, so Americans are given some special treatment in turn. |
yeah, this is absolutely false. not only do they need a visa, but it's difficult to get one. Poland will never be part of America's visa waiver program till they stop overstaying their visas. The waiver program states that a country needs to be rated under 10% regarding risk of overstaying their visa....last year, from what i remember according to an article i read, Poland was around 20%. they are going to be changing that percentage soon to 3%, meaning Poland doesn't stand a chance.
http://www.masterpage.com.pl/outlook/200708/visarules.html
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| He's also been detained at US airports for extra clearance checks. |
so...??? this happens all the time to everybody. I've had my bags checked twice at Wroclaw airport coming into Poland, once going into my own country.
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| In case anyone suspects that he looks like a terrorist or bum - sorry. Nice normal tall white guy with conservative short haircut, no tattoos or dreads or even a backpack. Normal roll-on suticases. Educated English. Card-carrying air traffic controller. |
haha, he doesn't carry a backpack, but he has a roll-on suitcase. I guess you can only fit "bad things" in backpacks..... 
airport security isn't only checking for "terrorists". I'm sure if you were to look through a database of people trafficking illegal goods or participating in anything else illegal while using airports in the united states, you would most assuredly find a number of people matching your husband's description, all the way to his job description. |
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Jack Walker
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:13 am Post subject: |
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Poles still need visas to visit the U.S.
Poles do NOT need visas to visit Canada as of Jan 1st,2009.They can stay for 3 months sans visa.
This does not change the fact that Canadians cannot set up their own companies in Poland.
About the marriage thing....no thanks...been there done that!  |
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Scawie
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:30 am Post subject: |
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| Jack Walker wrote: |
Poles still need visas to visit the U.S.
Poles do NOT need visas to visit Canada as of Jan 1st,2009.They can stay for 3 months sans visa.
This does not change the fact that Canadians cannot set up their own companies in Poland.
About the marriage thing....no thanks...been there done that! |
Is there anyone you know and trust who has a business or could set one up for you to put your bills through and sponsor your residency? |
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Jack Walker
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:40 am Post subject: |
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| Scawie wrote: |
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Poles still need visas to visit the U.S.
Poles do NOT need visas to visit Canada as of Jan 1st,2009.They can stay for 3 months sans visa.
This does not change the fact that Canadians cannot set up their own companies in Poland.
About the marriage thing....no thanks...been there done that! |
Is there anyone you know and trust who has a business or could set one up for you to put your bills through and sponsor your residency? |
.....not really. |
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dynow
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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aaahhh, heck with it Jack, you're moving back to Canada soon anyway, right?  |
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spiral78
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sure if you were to look through a database of people trafficking illegal goods or participating in anything else illegal while using airports in the united states, you would most assuredly find a number of people matching your husband's description, all the way to his job description.
Off-topic, OP, sorry for the hijack, but I can't let this one go by.
Nope. Trafficking and other illegal activities aren't common by any means among air traffic controllers. Not only my husband but me as well have had to go through innumerable security clearance procedures on behalf of his job. We've been fingerprinted in 6 countries we've lived in, and our backgrounds checked all the way back to birth. It took 6 months for the Canadian ATC system to run all the checks needed on both husband and self before he was allowed to start work.
Most assuredly air traffic controllers don't use airports for anything illegal - if they're caught, they're out of the business entirely. Just too much at stake.
That's why it's just silly and time wasting for him to be detained. And I don't mean just for a baggage check - you're right, everyone is subject to those now and then - they don't ask for your job ID before they decide to do this. I mean he's been detained for up to a couple of hours while his passport information and identity were checked. 
It's simply idiotic and control freaking... |
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dynow
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| Most assuredly air traffic controllers don't use airports for anything illegal - if they're caught, they're out of the business entirely. Just too much at stake. |
I don't think there are too many industries out there where you can be caught with something illegal and continue to work in that industry.
Well.....except for maybe TEFL  |
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Jack Walker
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| dynow wrote: |
| aaahhh, heck with it Jack, you're moving back to Canada soon anyway, right? |
I've been saying that for the last 4 years! |
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Hod
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Are you offering to marry someone? |
Are you looking? |
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Jack Walker
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Hod wrote: |
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| Are you offering to marry someone? |
Are you looking? |
lol.....and on it goes! |
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scottie1113
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| dynow wrote: |
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| Most assuredly air traffic controllers don't use airports for anything illegal - if they're caught, they're out of the business entirely. Just too much at stake. |
I don't think there are too many industries out there where you can be caught with something illegal and continue to work in that industry.
Well.....except for maybe TEFL |
How about the entertainment industry? |
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russophile
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| Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 1:07 pm Post subject: Prospects of All Kinds |
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| Are you offering to marry someone? |
Are you looking? |
Hello;
Well since someone brought marriage up and didn't get flamed, I'll ask a related social question. I'm an an American man, 50, doctoral degree in clinical psychology, who will be able to retire soon, and is looking to move to Eastern Europe and marry a younger EE woman. I did fine in Russia and Ukraine with educated women 20+ years younger, and I'm curious if Polish women are as open to large age differences. It's a big no-no in the USA, if a man is not wealthy, by my observations.
Not to be unfriendly, but I'd like to add that I got brutally flamed on this board before asking about social issues, so if you're invested in telling others how to run their personal lives, or commenting unhelpfully, please don't do it with me.
I may teach English after taking a course. I think I'd do OK as I have professional performing experience and got in the top 1% on the Verbal part of the Graduate Record Examination. Is the possibility of part-time work realistic?
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