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Old Mar 6th 2012, 7:04 pm
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Here I am, brain the size of a planet....
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is there a reason your user name doesn't have a 't' after 'bar'?
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I was also thinking that if the OP did not like the states on arrival, then he could just re-design it.
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You know it is the Great Bard's birthday this weekend?

I hope you all know where your towels are at...

To the OP, you can always hitch to the US for less than $30 Altarian a day... Just make sure you don't get a pain in your diodes all down the left side...
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Here I am, brain the size of a planet....
Is this a competition to make HHGTTG references without saying HHGTTG? Did I just lose.
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Hello.

Have to admit i forgot to type the 2nd 't' in Slartibartfast in

With regards to the Green Card.
I had a personal recommendation from Defense Attaché BRIG. GEN. Thomas W. Bergeson, USAF. I know him slightly as he awarded me a medal a few years ago. I suppose that may have helped.
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Originally Posted by Slartibarfast
With regards to the Green Card.
I had a personal recommendation from Defense Attaché BRIG. GEN. Thomas W. Bergeson, USAF. I know him slightly as he awarded me a medal a few years ago. I suppose that may have helped.
Can I be nosy and ask what the job you're going to be doing in the US is? I'm just intrigued as not many companies will go straight to a greencard and wait for you to get it before starting work, and I've not heard of being able to go to the US embassy and chat to somebody for a few hours before either. So I'm guessing it's pretty specialist and curious minds would like to know! (well, mine would anyway ).
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Counter terrorism advisor to Deloitte in Pittsburgh
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Very specialized so that makes sense probably as an EB1 classification.
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Brief history.

I was a Captain in the Coldstream Guards and was attached to Millitary Intelligence for a while in Iraq then Afghanistan and assisted with in-field operational matters in Helmand for a year. Worked with UK, US and French forces

If that helps
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Originally Posted by Slartibarfast
Brief history.

I was a Captain in the Coldstream Guards and was attached to Millitary Intelligence for a while in Iraq then Afghanistan and assisted with in-field operational matters in Helmand for a year. Worked with UK, US and French forces

If that helps
Without hiring you as an EB classification, they would have to offer you a job on the H1-B visa which can't be applied for until April 1 and you wouldn't be able to start work until October 1. Since you likely qualified for the EB1 or EB2 classification, they likely went that route to hire you more quickly.

During booming years, a lot of jobs are available that Americans can't fill so companies look for foreign talent and hire people only if the company can acquire a H1-B visa (limited number available) which are generally vastly oversubscribed so there is a lottery to allocate the visas. During the recent years with the bad economy, not many companies are looking for foreign talent so generally foreigners have to be very specialized in order to be offered a job but there are plenty of H1-B visa available and if applied for at the wrong time of the year, the employee can't start work before October 1.

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Have to admit i don't know

Deloitte in London called me a couple of weeks ago and told me they'd like to see me for an interview. Went along was offered the job at the interview and was asked if i would be able to stay in London the night to visit the US Embassy the next day.
Figured it was being 'eased' through a bit quick but apart from that i'm pretty clueless as to the ruminations of the US Emigration system

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Originally Posted by Slartibarfast
Have to admit i don't know

Deloitte in London called me a couple of weeks ago and told me they'd like to see me for an interview. Went along was offered the job at the interview and was asked if i would be able to stay in London the night to visit the US Embassy the next day.
Figured it was being 'eased' through a bit quick but apart from that i'm pretty clueless as to the ruminations of the US Emigration system
Also explains your original question as it sounds like this has been hoist upon you rather than you seeking it out. Possibly another plus, is that you get the opportunity without (almost) any of the pain in the neck paperwork.
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Thankyou for the encouragement and i hope i've helped your inquisitiveness.

Bye.
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Originally Posted by Slartibarfast
Have to admit i don't know

Deloitte in London called me a couple of weeks ago and told me they'd like to see me for an interview. Went along was offered the job at the interview and was asked if i would be able to stay in London the night to visit the US Embassy the next day.
Figured it was being 'eased' through a bit quick but apart from that i'm pretty clueless as to the ruminations of the US Emigration system
Getting a visa to work in the US is very tough. Getting a green card upon entry to the US is extremely tough unless you have a extremely specialized skill. People go through all kinds of hoops to get a green card after entering the US on a work visa.

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Originally Posted by Michael
Very specialized so that makes sense probably as an EB1 classification.
That would certainly help with a security clearance too, which something like this would pretty much require at a guess too.
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Is this a competition to make HHGTTG references without saying HHGTTG? Did I just lose.
You win a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster.

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Thankyou for the encouragement and i hope i've helped your inquisitiveness.

Bye.
Good luck with it all
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