Are you on an H1, Billytea? Because they changed the rules on those so you can switch employers.
I'm on an L1. Not that I actually wish to change employers at the moment, you understand. Just countries.
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billytea - Jul 08, 2003 4:47:37 am PDT #5505 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Megan E. - Jul 08, 2003 4:50:57 am PDT #5506 of 9843
Can I ask someone from the UK a stupid question?
What is a Mini-cab? Is it just a cab/taxi, or is there a difference?
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jul 08, 2003 4:54:46 am PDT #5507 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Is it just a cab/taxi, or is there a difference?
I've normally used 'mini-cab' to mean one booked in advance, normally by telephone, where a cab or a taxi is hired on the spot, on the street. UsageMV.
Megan E. - Jul 08, 2003 5:00:59 am PDT #5508 of 9843
Ahhh...that makes sense.
Angus G - Jul 08, 2003 5:04:23 am PDT #5509 of 9843
Roguish Laird
And mini-cabs are actually smaller too, aren't they? As in normal sized cars rather than big black taxis.
§ ita § - Jul 08, 2003 5:05:30 am PDT #5510 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What's an L1 visa about, billytea? I've only encountered H1 (three years, renewable once).
Sue - Jul 08, 2003 5:12:44 am PDT #5511 of 9843
hip deep in pie
I was out for drinks this weekend with a friend who lives in NYC. She applied for her green card in 2001, and she's still waiting to hear. She's trying to think of where she'll work if she has to come back to Canada.
Jon B. - Jul 08, 2003 5:23:25 am PDT #5512 of 9843
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I found this info on the L-1 visa:
Overseas companies that have or wish to establish U.S. offices may need to transfer executive, managerial, or specialized personnel to the U.S. The L-1 Visa (Intra-company Transferee) enables these key employees to be posted temporarily at the U.S. parent, subsidiary, affiliate, or branch office.
billytea - Jul 08, 2003 5:27:03 am PDT #5513 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I found this info on the L-1 visa:
That's pretty much my deal. We've just applied to have it extended, and to change Bec's visa to one that allows her to work.
Incidentally, I just received news from a friend of mine that his wife has won the green card lottery. So, go them.
§ ita § - Jul 08, 2003 5:29:26 am PDT #5514 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ahah. So you worked for them before you got here. I understand now.
I think the bulk of the visa employees in IT are on H1, and were incredibly exploited (low pay, illegal threats of deportation, garnished wages, cramped accomodation), and that may have been why they now allow you to change employers. Not that one's employers will bring it up in conversation.
I worked with a guy that had won the green card lottery. He went back home (to Poland) because he just didn't like how Americans did things.