USA / Work Visa

You'll need a few more posts and a few less x's in your name until you can 'k' me son.

I did actually, all his stuff like that goes through his agent though so he was pretty clueless.

gg

Visitor visa and then just found and applied for it when you were out there or?

Ah right so it wasn't anything longer-term

Can you remember the code of the visa you had?

Cool, might go in speak to someone tomorrow, it'd be 6 months I'd be over for.

Where did you stay when you were there?

Cool, sounds nice :) What accent, where are you from?

Right now it looks like I'm heading to NYC but we'll see, could change. Like the idea of a wee small-town in the mid-west just that all the internships/courses I'm interested in are in the bigger cities.

Yeah, most likely gonna be based on or close to the east coast but if the money'll stretch I'd like to see more of the country. Being Scottish and generally an awesome guy I tend to be loved anywhere but it's good to hear they like a foreign accent :)

And aye I'm not really planning any Top Gear style drives through redneck towns tbh but cheers for the heads-up.

And thanks man, I'll probably take you up on that!

You mean you met her on the internet, then travelled to america to meet her?

XD thats pretty bad

cos you cant get a gf from where you live, so you have to travel halfway around the world to get one

im not actually trolling, I do find it genuinely sad that people have to travel so far for girls
(its nearly as bad as a mail order bride XD)

meh, theres getting laid, then theres travelling around the world to get laid...
fair enough most people on here will be forever a virgin, but still... around the world? :D

but in essence, thats what it boils down to chootie... you must both have some issues to be willing to date someone who lives on the other side of the planet

no, but I probably have a completely different definition of what love is from you

this could be a completely seperate thread by now, a thread within a thread...

anyway, what does someone on the other side of the planet offer you, that you could not got from somone local?

im guessing it was just easier to get to know her online huh

"Knew her through friends of family and along that line agour "

you never really stated that you didnt talk to her online prior to meeting

also you dodged my other question :<

ALSO, this reminds me of that guy who went to sweden to marry that bird he met on WoW (afaik he hadnt met her before he proposed?). man that shit was cash

Wee bit outside Inverness mate

Oh cool, why don't you think you could work there? That's what I'm hearing from a few people that have visited actually. Only booked a one way ticket though so if it's not for me it's open to come home whenever.

He is right New York is a backend place so strange yet you could turn another street and see a big celebrity then turn another and see a bumfight.. Id say try Boston or Chicago mate

That sounds sick how do you get to do that?

Mate of mine's doing this as well.

Got three different internships at music agencies/promoters lined up mate, would say that's a bit of a step up from walking around in a mickey mouse costume all day :P

That's the plan! Do you stay there or?

Oh cool, how are bars and clubs for ID'ing you? Fairly strict? I'm just 18 and I guess it's 21 for entry and getting sold everywhere yeah? I'll be taking my brothers id over with me, which has worked for me in Scotland since I was like 16 so hopefully I'll be alright.

Pretty much the only skating experience I've had is falling off my brothers homemade ramp when I was 6, cutting my knee and crying my eyes out. Happy to give it another go though.

Rock climbing and downhill/trail biking are more my sort of thing.

Will have to sort out some contact info closer to the time, would be nice to turn up in a city of millions knowing at least one person.

edited 2011-08-04 16:15:42

90 days mate.

I've always heard the figure 40 days. Can't say if it is true or not that is just what they always told us in school and such.

between 2 and 10 days depending on how much you take and the person im sure.

googled it

"THC is non-existent in urine, when screening for urine it is only the metabolites and byproducts of the drug that are tested for. For a frequent user, the substance may stay in the system up to 40 days after abstaining from use of cannabis or cannabis containing substances. For seldom users, the detection period is from 2-10 days. The metabolites and THC are stored in fat, so the less fat you consume and the more fat you burn, the faster the drug will decrease in content.

Read more: wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_will_THC_be_detected_in_urine#ixzz1SO
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edited 2011-07-17 20:00:06

Well, we have a 90 day estimate, a 40 day estimate, and a 2-10 day estimate. WHO SHALL BE CORRECT

gg chootie

will sell you a bottle of clean piss for £20

Move over to it with the invitation find yourself an American good looking girl, get engaged and start working :D

Thanks, you're right - hadn't thought about a social security number yet. Looks easy enough to apply for once you've got a visa. That's what this whole trip really hinges on I think, getting that visa and I'll only get it once I've got a job ready for when I arrive and pass this medical test. Need to get cracking!

Wonder if I'll be eligible for taxing as a temporary worker?

GL With it dude, should be an insane experience for you. :)

lmao, sound like my mum man, don't worry yourself

Yeah so I've heard, hopefully though with Starbucks sponsorship it'll all go through smoothly.

What are you over in the states for btw? Planning to work there or is it just an extended holiday?

Feel free to reply in Swedish if it's easier, pretty fluent in it.

Oh cool, did you apply for a visa and get denied before you went out or have you been trying since you arrived?

Hopefully mine'll be ready before I leave.

Yeah, although some companies do transfer employees internationally between branches. If I get in my contribution to the US'll be serving coffee. :L

wont you be around 30 then?

What about Atlanta?

Yeah, my time's pretty much gonna be taken up with an unpaid internship and working my job at starbucks around it so there won't be much time for wee extra trips, might save the west coast for another year :P

Mate's in Calgary, Canada for the season this year though, hoping to be able to find time to go up and meet him, get some decent boarding in.