Comments on: Conquering the Visa

By: raamenchan

raamenchan — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:01:59 +0000

@Hiroaki
Seriously. I guess ignorance can be bliss, but sometimes it’s just plain dumb.

I actually don’t think there’s a place to work that aligns exactly with my dreams, but I think I would like to work for Mark, the guy who owns his custom suit business. I’m gonna talk to him about it.

By: Hiroaki Asakawa

Hiroaki Asakawa — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:42:35 +0000

That makes sense. People are very ignorant and I guess “Immigration” makes us picture a very long and hard process. Did you find a place you want to work at yet? If you did, then it’s smooth sailing from there.

By: raamenchan

raamenchan — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:14:11 +0000

@Chris
Lol Chris, we’ve been had.

Wow with the 3 to 1 years, though. I have heard that apparently, there isn’t much that’s actually written in stone, and so apparently what you get out of the process can simply depend on who you’re working with at the time.

Because apparently, someone decided for you that you didn’t need 3 years.

By: Christopher G.

Christopher G. — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:19:09 +0000

Seems we were discovering this at the same time. I just went get my visa renewed a few weeks ago. Picked up the new one on Wednesday. I was a bit surprised when I tried to give immigration “an important document for [my] visa renewal” from my bosses… and immigration just looked at it, tilted their heads from side to side and went, “Huh? We don’t need this.” Then threw it away.

The only real complaint I had was that I asked for a 3 year visa and they only gave me a one year. I didn’t realize it until I got back home to give my boss a copy. She told me with irritation in her voice, “They pretty much choose whichever they want.” She obviously had problems with this in the past.

Congrats, by the way, on your progression toward your dreams! Can’t wait to hear more!