Working Abroad
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- jevad0
he's back
- wendell0
i have not seen so-oo far to DO it i am very much thinking a long thogh!
i will genaral work in netherlands and london maybes in design
- ribit0
Might take a bit longer, but the easiest way is to go work for a large company... where you can get sent on long-term assignments or transferred between their studios in other countries. Let the company do all the visa stuff. (thinking more design departments of large manufacturers here, rather than agencies)
- Spix0
well...thats the thing...in order to get approved for visa that is not based upon my marriage i need to be in good status...my company wants to sponosor me, but since immigration takes a while, i more likely will be in a bad status about the time for the new visa, cause my intervju is comming up soon.
- JazX0
yeah, tell them to f*ck off. Say, yo, I am a resident in the USA based upon marriage, now kiss my *ss. Seriously!
- Spix0
JazX: I got one....he did not sound to optimistic about that....maybe I should look for another one.
- gsd0
yeh thats in progress - trouble is I've been on such an absolute shite wage for most of the last two years, I'm only just managing to get broadband in now and then I'll be able to buy a domain - I put all that stuff up at work on the sly... managed to buy my own mac so I have it set up in my flat now and I'm working on a new site which I can chuck up in a few weeks (hopefully)
- jevad0
FIrst of all I would recommend getting your portfolio site off angelfire
- vespa0
nice one rabattski
- JazX0
I'm grounded for a few years, but when I do marry, it will be with a girl with multiple citizenships, Namibia and Angola, so I get lucky and get to be an automatic permanent resident in each. Anyone for a Luanda beach holiday? Prawns, Peri-Peri and Pearls for all.
- Blofeldt0
I feel very lucky that I have no urge to travel anywhere.
- JazX0
Spix are you serious? You can easily stay in the USA. Go call an immigration lawyer, they are not that much. Man, that's a joke.
- rabattski0
@ vespa. ok, now i'm getting more close to understanding where your coming from.
imo you can still be humble and also respect / be thankful for the choices you've made. you still can empathisize with the rest of the world and still be thankfull you've made the right decisions.
you know, it's not like "wow, look at me! i'm so fucking great!" but more in the line what daila lama said: judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
- mr_snuggles0
I've been trying hard to get out of Canada for a couple of years the safe and easy way, by just applying for the desired positions as they come up. I've had pretty limited success, I've found companies to be a bit leary of hiring foreigners for all sorts of reasons from, the amount of time it takes to immigrate to low salary offerings not being enough to relocate so I think it might be easier in some ways to make the move and find a job or at least sort out some freelance first.
- vespa0
i have no problems at all with being proud of myself either, but it's important to me to stay humble at the same time.
call it identifying with the rest of the world, empathy for those who would have done just as well as me had they had had caring parents, a good education, 3 passports, teachers who taught them to question everything, space to play in as a kid, a childhood that never knew war or abuse... i could go on and on about the things i'm thankful for.
and doubtless if i'd been born with nothing and got to the same place i'd be doubly thankful.
maybe that trip to india has made me all spiritual and shit, i dunno. people live on dirt over there and they are still grateful to be alive.
- Spix0
i got one...got married, thats how i ended up abroad...now i'm getting divorced so I have to pack my bags and get back to europe. again..
- rabattski0
"then other times I curse them both"-gsd
:) good one actually.
- gsd0
Sometimes I thank myself - sometimes I thank whatever higher powers they may be...
then other times I curse them both
- rabattski0
yeah i understand in a way but it's just a fact that you cannot change where you were born and under which circumstances.
so you can hardly blame that. or is it political correctness to say that? because you were born under the right circumstances? what if you we're born in a poor country and you fought all your way to where you are know? could you be thanking yourself then?
i'm just curious you know, coz i have no problems at all with being proud with myself and "thank myself" coz everything i've done in the past has made me what i am today.
- vespa0
yea go for it gsd, oz has a lot to offer (and it needs more people...)