Is EWR better or ORD when making a connection and needing to go through immigration/customs/checking in bags again?
Booking flights for my parents to visit, and have a 2.5hr connection option for both

Must do/visit in Japan in Spring/Summer time outside of Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka?

Any good online deals? Thread to share good online deals during stay at home:

When you thought your flight would be cancelled but turn out to be one of the few that leave. 600 flights to Houston cancelled and yours leaves. Bummer!

Taking parents to Bali for 7-10 days in June. Should I follow one of the thousand itineraries online or does anyone have must do/ could avoid recommendations? Thanks

Has anyone here every taken a community tour from Almaty out to the lakes or mountains nearby?

Does Deloitte do H1b extensions in premium?

Are Mastercard, AMEX, Visa - Product based companies??
Also, what would be the best choice for data engineers?

Hi Folks, My last visa was stamped in India while my wife’s h4 in canada.
My question is she eligible for dropbox in India?
I know pre pandemic it wasnt possible but has the situation changed lately ?
Much TIA!!

Any star alliance status match delta platinum?

Hi All, I was offered a role with Aecoms San Francisco office working with an energy client for a midlevel associate environmental planner. I wanted to gauge what is a general salary that ones been offered on this team. I felt lowballed at $79k/annual, initially offered 74k. This is given that I had 1.5 years in land use planning and a recent masters graduate in urban planning.

Is it just me or does it feel like everyone else is getting really good exit ops but for us visa folks, opportunities are extremely limited? Pretty discouraged and debating going back to home country...

When will they publish Nov Visa? Does it make sense to down grade from EB2 to EB3?

Hey Everyone,

Any idea on how is the Job market for Power Platform (power bi + power apps) technologies in Canada??

My company is trying to retain me by saying they will file for Canada visa. Is it a trap like assuring h1b for usa ?

How long it takes for Canada Visa ? And what are the chances for getting work visa for Canada?

Anyone went through the Immigration and H1B transfer process recently? How much time does it usually take after acceptance that the Immigration team reaches out?

Hi All :) I need advise on whether it is possible to get my first time H1B stamped at a US consulate in Canada ? I am required to travel to Canada anyway for my PR stamping and I am trying to figure out if I can get my H1B stamped around the same time while I am in Canada for my PR, since it is extremely difficult to get appointments in India these days? I am currently based in US. Thanks!

Current salary range for business immigration attorneys in NYC?
(One year of immigration experience. Two years of business immigration experience.)

How VISA in terms of flexibility and work Internationally on remote, do they allow to work from India during the holiday travel?

28M. First time solo travel 3 week trip to Spain coming up. Flying Royal Air Maroc from US. They’re allowing 2 check in bags and 1 carry on. However, I want to travel light and am trying to avoid check in bags completely. What carry on backpacks do you recommend to buy that would be enough for 3 week trip but also be allowed as a carry on? Also need to buy packing cubes.

Anyone recently completed their visa process with PwC? Please advise on time taken by PwC for CoS alone and overall visa.

Hello! Currently struggling with what to do career wise. I have been set on medical school my whole life, but recently I’ve been exploring other careers such as law. Anyone have any advice on how to determine which career would be best for me? I have a 3.77 GPA and am getting a BS in Biology and Psychology. Any insight would be helpful!

What is jl of applications architect in tcs...is it C3b or c4 or higher??

I have a lot of exposure to big tech and sp500 across my brokerage account and retirement accounts. I recently opened a Roth IRA and have 6k in it to invest. I know the default strategy is to invest in a fund that tracks sp500 but I do that everywhere else regularly. Is there anything else like VYM you recommend? I’m targeting dividend growth ones since it’s a Roth IRA ..

What should be the salary of 12yrs experienced in UNIX Linux and having experience in Ansible Automation Shell Scripting and with Lead Systems Administrator designation?

The GMAT doesn’t have the AWA section until 5/20, right?

What would be salar expectations from samsung Noida. Yoe is 10 years, current CTC : 31. What designation should I ask for ?
Do they give JB and retention bonus as well?

What's the best consulting firms for H1B folks who have studied masters in STEM here? Got a cousin graduating this fall and he needs to know H1B/GC policies.

What are the BCG ring fences and how is each one? Can you join any of them or are you required to do the one closest to your home office

Hi please give me likes to start DM

Senior Program Manager / Director looking for EU based remote work. Planning to relocate back to the EU on a permanent basis in the next 4-6 months. Open to work & would appreciate any kind of referral!

Hi! Could anyone help me out with a referral to Crispin Porter + Bogusky?

How long does it take to get an offer letter once the mail offer is discussed and thru..I have been waiting for more than 10 days but there is no approx. TAT indication

Hello everyone! I hope you find good matches and meaningful conversation on this bowl.

Billables are low this month. Like I have 65 billable hours in so far. I’ve messaged partners over the last week to try and get more cases but there are tons of new associates who were just onboarded and were at a low point for business. I’m freaking out

We have motion sensor lights in my office and the sensor is far from my desk. Consequently, if I'm on a long WebEx, the lights go out and it's embarrassing. The building won't change the sensor. Anyone find a solution for this (aside from standing up and moving, which would be very awkward)? I can't rearrange my office.

DB ECM - does anyone have a view?

Interesting all the noise about these PPT, my take:

The pandemic took all the upside of an IB analyst life (client meetings in person, fancy trips, suit up, worshiped at networking events) and left all the juniors with the downside (long hours, monkey-like type of job, aggressive work environment).

Not that the complaints are not sort of legitimate but you may need to revise the decision-making process that led you to accept a return offer. Specially if you were looking for less hours.

Will the 4th of July become an end of Coronavirus party? I feel like those celebrations will, realistically, be the effective end of lockdown. They can take our (small f) freedom, but not our FREEDOM 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Is Canada giving out tourist visas these days?

Huge delays in biometrics

Since Biden won, Is it better to go on H4 EAD or one should stay on H1B and get green card process initiated.. Thoughts?

Any success stories with EB5? Who did you use? How were the investment terms? Been on H1b 9 years now and no end in sight with eb2 wait. Concerned with risk of outright fraud not 500k investment amnt.

GC holders: How long did the process make you wait from start to finish? Which country of citizenship are you?

Hey,
I’m on Opt visa currently and have to file for my Stem extension before next month. I have got an offer from an employer and about to join them in one week. My EAD card got lost recently unfortunately, will I still be able to join the company? What are the workarounds as I don’t have much time left on my Opt visa and have to file for my stem before next month.

Wife’s L2 EAD finally changed status to “New Card Being Produced”. Took 12 months including RFE, feels good to know her “american dream” is about to start. Today is a damn good day.

Where can we check legitimate cutoff for Canada express entry PR?
How often do the results come out? is it every month?
After submitting your profile in how many days can one expect to get Invitation?

1-140 premium processing, it took 2 business days to approve.

My LCA is filed to reflect my new work home location i.e. California but I am still aligned to New York market. Do I need to file another LCA when I will be changing my market from New York to California, and this new prevailing wage rule will imply right ?

Hi Folks, My last visa was stamped in India while my wife’s h4 in canada.
My question is she eligible for dropbox in India?
I know pre pandemic it wasnt possible but has the situation changed lately ?
Much TIA!!

Is it just me or does it feel like everyone else is getting really good exit ops but for us visa folks, opportunities are extremely limited? Pretty discouraged and debating going back to home country...

Got my H1B last year but haven’t had it stamped. Can I still change my company and then get it stamped? Have filled out DS160 and paid stamping fees already. would appreciate any insight

If my H1 is up for extension on July 2019, when should I initiate extension. Can I change my home city in that time period?

Since we are all WFH, some of my fellow countrymen have headed home and work US hours. Anyone doing this? I know technically not supposed to but these are weird times.

Fun question: if you have green card, which industry / role would you like to switch to? (and what is your current industry / role btw)

Anyone know if general business tax service(BTS) experience and individual/ business tax experience from local small firm count as experience for GC in an international tax position? I'm planning to transfer to International tax but wondering if my previous tax experience can be used for GC application.

How did you ask for green card upon receiving H1B? I am a H1B holder thinking about asking my employer to sponsor my green card (same employer who sponsored my H1B). Curious to hear how others with similar experience have managed such conversations!

Does anyone know if ey will PP the I-140?

How transparent is your firm about your H1B application? Do you get your application receipt number? I’ve worked really hard to get this job and made a lot of life changing decisions and worried about losing all this just because my application isn’t picked in lottery🥺🙁.