"To dream....the impossible dream..."
Oct 19th 2005, 6:17 pm
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"To dream....the impossible dream..."
As I have seen it's nigh impossible to get into the States unless you marry a USC or get a company transfer.....how did all the x pats on here get in and stay in ?
Oct 19th 2005, 6:20 pm
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Re: "To dream....the impossible dream..."
Originally Posted by Tangram
As I have seen it's nigh impossible to get into the States unless you marry a USC or get a company transfer.....how did all the x pats on here get in and stay in ?
Came to America in 2002 to work and travel. Met some guy who wouldn't leave me alone. Ended up travelling to Mexico and back with him.
Turned out to be the love of my life and married him last year.
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Oct 19th 2005, 6:29 pm
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Re: "To dream....the impossible dream..."
married to someone that got a company transfer..
Oct 19th 2005, 6:31 pm
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Re: "To dream....the impossible dream..."
Originally Posted by Tangram
As I have seen it's nigh impossible to get into the States unless you marry a USC or get a company transfer.....how did all the x pats on here get in and stay in ?
Oct 19th 2005, 6:31 pm
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Re: "To dream....the impossible dream..."
Originally Posted by Tangram
As I have seen it's nigh impossible to get into the States unless you marry a USC or get a company transfer.....how did all the x pats on here get in and stay in ?
what makes you want to come here 
Oct 19th 2005, 6:33 pm
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Re: "To dream....the impossible dream..."
Originally Posted by Tangram
how did all the x pats on here get in and stay in ?
Oct 19th 2005, 6:36 pm
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Re: "To dream....the impossible dream..."
and I thought it was going to be another thread on affordable adequate Health care.
Marriage.
Marriage.
Oct 19th 2005, 6:42 pm
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Re: "To dream....the impossible dream..."
company transfer
Oct 19th 2005, 6:45 pm
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Re: "To dream....the impossible dream..."
Fell in love with an American. Been married 6 1/2 years now. 
Oct 19th 2005, 6:47 pm
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Re: "To dream....the impossible dream..."
Sex will rear it ugly head throught this thread ...
Oct 19th 2005, 6:50 pm
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Re: "To dream....the impossible dream..."
Originally Posted by Tangram
As I have seen it's nigh impossible to get into the States unless you marry a USC or get a company transfer.....how did all the x pats on here get in and stay in ?
There's probably some catalog somewhere, oh sorry wrong country that's Thailand.
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Oct 19th 2005, 6:56 pm
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Re: "To dream....the impossible dream..."
I landed a cushty job, took 3 months from interview to being here on H1B... that was Jan 2004, green card process now well on its way.
Oct 19th 2005, 6:59 pm
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Re: "To dream....the impossible dream..."
An American company was needing decent software developers. Instead, they got me.
Oct 19th 2005, 7:01 pm
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Re: "To dream....the impossible dream..."
Originally Posted by Ray
Sex will rear it ugly head throught this thread ...
Oct 19th 2005, 7:03 pm
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Re: "To dream....the impossible dream..."
Intercompany transfer for me - took about 3 months from the "By the way we are moving your job to the USA" to us actually being here and discovering Delaware really is a State!
